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Parachute Wings

November 11, 2021 by Diane Greig
Celine parachuted into France ten days before D-Day to courier and train maquis groups in weaponry behind the lines (Invisible Women Episode 7). In …
Read moreParachute Wings
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Infiltrating the IRA

November 1, 2021 by Diane Greig
As I landed in Northern Ireland rain was running across the plane’s windows and although the ground scape looked rather bleak, the old wooden …
Read moreInfiltrating the IRA
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2021 Davey Award

October 27, 2021 by Admin
Invisible Women has won a Silver Award in the Documentary & Historical Podcast category. This marks the 17th year for the Davey Awards. It …
Read more2021 Davey Award
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Silence of Female Agents

October 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
Are women agents better at remaining silent than their male counterparts when interrogated? In 2005 I interviewed a retired Canadian operative …
Read moreSilence of Female Agents
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Espionage Conversations

October 24, 2021 by Diane Greig
Present day women writers are correcting the historical loss of women’s espionage narratives by crafting articles and books on the lives of WW 2 and …
Read moreEspionage Conversations
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Mona Parsons: The Woman Who Thwarted the Nazi Firing Squad

October 7, 2021 by Diane Greig
On a recent fall trip to Nova Scotia, I stopped at the memorial for Mona Parsons, the only Canadian woman civilian to be imprisoned by the Nazis in WW …
Read moreMona Parsons: The Woman Who Thwarted the Nazi Firing Squad
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Mathematical Wizards

October 4, 2021 by Diane Greig
Although I’ve written Invisible Women articles about American spies operating in the field (Martha Peterson and Elizabeth Bentley) during the Cold …
Read moreMathematical Wizards
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Idealist, Spy, Defector

September 28, 2021 by Diane Greig
Elizabeth Bentley, an American, graduated from Vassar College in 1930 with a degree in languages. While completing a Master’s degree at Columbia …
Read moreIdealist, Spy, Defector
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Cold War Widow

September 27, 2021 by Diane Greig
Martha Peterson commented, “After we were married, he told me he had applied for the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA.” Her husband, like Lilian’s …
Read moreCold War Widow
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Liberté

September 19, 2021 by Diane Greig
Liberté is a new short film written and acted in by Sam Naz (British broadcaster/actress) about the heroine, Noor Inayat Khan, a Special Operations …
Read moreLiberté
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Researching Women’s Stories

September 9, 2021 by Admin
I have been asked “Why did you spend eighteen months researching to locate World War 2 women espionage agents to interview, when there are some …
Read moreResearching Women’s Stories
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Resistance Youth

September 9, 2021 by Diane Greig
Michelle Corjon, a resistance fighter, was awarded France’s Croix de Guerre and the silver medal for French Resistance. She was the youngest member …
Read moreResistance Youth
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Red Melita

September 3, 2021 by Diane Greig
Operation Enormoz was a WW2 Soviet venture to recruit British and American spies who sympathised with communism. Although the Soviet Union had joined …
Read moreRed Melita
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Ordinary People

September 3, 2021 by Diane Greig
In WW 2 and the Cold War many ordinary U.K. and U.S. citizens were approached to become spies for the Soviet Union. The individuals who said yes did …
Read moreOrdinary People
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Buffalo Soldier

August 30, 2021 by Diane Greig
Cathay Williams was the first Black woman to become a soldier in the U.S Army and a Buffalo Soldier in the American Indian Wars. Although there were …
Read moreBuffalo Soldier
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Gaining Favour

August 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
On the heels of Facebook’s announcement recently that Iranian spies were targeting U.S. medical, military and the technology sectors through social …
Read moreGaining Favour
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Marina Raskova

August 16, 2021 by Diane Greig
Марина Михайловна Малинина, Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova, photo circa 1938 Before WW 2 Major Marina Raskova was the first woman to be awarded the …
Read moreMarina Raskova
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Nadezhda Popova

August 16, 2021 by Diane Greig
“Almost every time we had to sail through a wall of enemy fire,” Nadezhda Popova stated. She became the WW 2 deputy commander of the 588th Night …
Read moreNadezhda Popova
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Women Night Bombardiers

August 14, 2021 by Diane Greig
The Nachthexen or Night Witches of WW 2, as the Nazis nicknamed them, would swoop down without a sound except for the momentary whooshing of their …
Read moreWomen Night Bombardiers
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Festival of Readers and Writers

August 10, 2021 by Diane Greig
It was a lovely weekend on Bowen Island (Aug 7-8, 2021) to celebrate the island’s creative spirit and its local performers and writers of scripts, …
Read moreFestival of Readers and Writers
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Shaping Espionage

August 7, 2021 by Diane Greig
In 1777 George Washington wrote a letter to Nathaniel Sackett engaging him to organise an espionage network and to spy for the Continental Army. …
Read moreShaping Espionage
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Canada’s Secret Service

August 3, 2021 by Diane Greig
Women have been appointed to lead the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s (CSIS), Toronto office; Katherine Hannah is head of Canada’s largest …
Read moreCanada’s Secret Service
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Codename Cynthia

July 29, 2021 by Diane Greig
Photo: World War II Database Canadian spymaster Sir William Stephenson, known as Intrepid, who directed British Security Coordination for the …
Read moreCodename Cynthia
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Secret Facebook Army

July 29, 2021 by Diane Greig
There is a secret Iranian army on Facebook to surveil, steal and undermine U.S., European, and U.K. interests and products across all the major …
Read moreSecret Facebook Army
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dotCOMM 2021 Award

July 25, 2021 by Admin
Invisible Women has won a Platinum Award in the 2021 dotComm Awards. The announcement was made on July 15, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. dotCOMM …
Read moredotCOMM 2021 Award
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Honouring Women Commandos

July 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
Hannah Szenes, while living in Palestine in 1943 and writing song lyrics/poetry volunteered for a Jewish commando unit. Like Liliana in IW …
Read moreHonouring Women Commandos
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Mapping Women

July 21, 2021 by Diane Greig
In the late 1800s night spies in colonial Calcutta wrote about deviant women ~ their characteristics and where they went. Victoria Memorial in …
Read moreMapping Women
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Write On Bowen

July 14, 2021 by Diane Greig
I’ll be part of the Write on Bowen Festival this year (2021) speaking about Invisible Women: The Podcast based on my …
Read moreWrite On Bowen
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Shadow of Intelligence

July 13, 2021 by Diane Greig
The U.S. and the U.K have had ongoing mandates to increase the participation of women, those with disabilities and racial minorities in spy agencies …
Read moreShadow of Intelligence
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Do You Feel Invisible?

July 5, 2021 by Diane Greig
The women agents I interviewed all went on to traditional lives post WW 2; wife/mother except one who found equality in …
Read moreDo You Feel Invisible?
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Podcast Awards

July 2, 2021 by Admin
Please support our nominations in the Podcast Awards The People’s Choice Podcast Awards is the longest running podcast award – this is their …
Read morePodcast Awards
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Fight Without Arms

June 30, 2021 by Diane Greig
Andree (Dedee) de Jongh code name Postman, established the WW 2 “Comet Line” in 1940. It operated in Belgium and France to evacuate downed Allied …
Read moreFight Without Arms
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I Did Nothing Civil

June 28, 2021 by Diane Greig
Like Celine in Invisible Women Episode 7, Pearl Cornioley was recruited and trained in guerrilla warfare by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and …
Read moreI Did Nothing Civil
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Escape Lines

June 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
María Anatol Arístegui also know as Maritxu was born in Spain and exiled with her family to France during the Spanish Civil War. (See this newsletter …
Read moreEscape Lines
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I Am Not Invisible

June 21, 2021 by Diane Greig
I Am Not Invisible (#IANI) focuses on highlighting and increasing the conversation about women veterans of which there are about 2 million in the U.S. …
Read moreI Am Not Invisible
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OSS’ Women Agents

June 15, 2021 by Diane Greig
Writing and presenting about women who perform in unexpected societal roles is always interesting for the writer and the audience. Linda Matchett will …
Read moreOSS’ Women Agents
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Season One Wrap

June 10, 2021 by Diane Greig
With the release of Invisible Women’s Episode 8, Heroine’s Journey, the podcast wraps up Season One. I will continue to post articles and updates on …
Read moreSeason One Wrap
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Heroine’s Journey

June 10, 2021 by Admin
In this episode, you’ll meet Jennis, a young American woman who grew up in Middle America. She chose to challenge the conventions of the 1940s …
Read moreHeroine’s Journey
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Women’s Intuition

June 9, 2021 by Diane Greig
The CIA states that women make the best spies because of women’s intuition. Is this an outdated societal expectation or is this statement based on …
Read moreWomen’s Intuition
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Spies for Hire

June 7, 2021 by Diane Greig
Since more countries, companies and politicians are relying on private investigators or spies to collect sensitive information, it is becoming …
Read moreSpies for Hire
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Pioneering Career

May 30, 2021 by Diane Greig
In 1968 Janine Brookner was enrolled in the CIA’s secretive operations training program. She was one of 6 women registered, and although she knew that …
Read morePioneering Career
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Hurricane Queen

May 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
In the Second World War 600,000 Canadian women stepped up to help the war effort. One of them was Elizabeth (Elsie) MacGill, the first female …
Read moreHurricane Queen
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Antifascist Rebel

May 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
In 2004/5 when I was interviewing women agents from the WW 2 era, I was also capturing the experiences of others in intelligence and/or WW 2, to …
Read moreAntifascist Rebel
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Musical Scores

May 18, 2021 by Diane Greig
Diana de Rosso was an Anglo-Italian opera singer and a courier for the Allied Forces in Europe. Having grown up in the south of France with a …
Read moreMusical Scores
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Soviet Soprano

May 17, 2021 by Diane Greig
The adventuresome and talented Nadezhda Plevitskaya was born in a Russian village in 1884. Being one of 11 children she was placed in a nunnery which …
Read moreSoviet Soprano
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Private Collection

May 12, 2021 by Diane Greig
Kathleen (Kay) Moore was born in 1914 in Alberta, Canada. In 1936, graduating university in French language and literature, she went to study in Paris …
Read morePrivate Collection
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Embodiment

May 10, 2021 by Diane Greig
In this episode you’ll hear Celine’s story. She was a young French woman who first joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in the UK, and then later …
Read moreEmbodiment
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Irish Resistors

May 3, 2021 by Diane Greig
Although Ireland remained neutral during WW 2 some of the Irish did not. A plaque at the Irish College in Paris commemorates 50 Irish women and men …
Read moreIrish Resistors
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Women Tricksters

April 30, 2021 by Diane Greig
As in all wars, women are imperative in overcoming the enemy and this is also true of the U.S. Civil War in which hundreds of women were successful …
Read moreWomen Tricksters
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Cyberspace Manipulation

April 26, 2021 by Diane Greig
As we store our private information, intellectual property, wealth and secrets in cyberspace, it becomes crucial to recognise the bad actors who are …
Read moreCyberspace Manipulation
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Hermes Creative Award

April 24, 2021 by Admin
Invisible Women has won a Gold in the in the Audio/Radio-Podcast category of the 2021 Hermes Creative Awards. The awards were announced April 22. …
Read moreHermes Creative Award
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I Will Escape

April 19, 2021 by Diane Greig
Mona Louise Parsons, a young Canadian woman from Nova Scotia was imprisoned by the Nazis in WW 2 for four years. Before the war, she was an …
Read moreI Will Escape
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Law Unto Herself

April 19, 2021 by Diane Greig
Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, also known as Christina Granville was originally from an old aristocratic family in Poland which had a history of …
Read moreLaw Unto Herself
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Serious Threats

April 15, 2021 by Diane Greig
Serious national security threats including violent extremism and foreign interference increased substantially in Canada in 2020. This included …
Read moreSerious Threats
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Women & Storytelling

April 14, 2021 by Diane Greig
Red Widow by Alma Katsu, a former female Operations Officer, is receiving high praise from retired senior CIA Cipher Brief expert, Alison …
Read moreWomen & Storytelling
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Madonnas

April 11, 2021 by Diane Greig
There have been two Madonnas worshiped throughout Europe for centuries, reflecting the splitting of the feminine archetypal energy in the mind and …
Read moreMadonnas
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Fierce Fighters

April 8, 2021 by Diane Greig
In Judy Batalion’s book, The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos she provides in-depth details into …
Read moreFierce Fighters
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Lozen

April 6, 2021 by Diane Greig
Born in what is now Arizona/New Mexico in the 1840’s Lozen was a ‘shield for her people’. Not interested in the traditional roles of Apache …
Read moreLozen
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Coco Chanel Legacy

March 31, 2021 by Diane Greig
“If you can see it, you can be it.” the National Portrait Gallery in London, has partnered with Chanel Culture Fund in a three-year project called, …
Read moreCoco Chanel Legacy
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Soft Power

March 28, 2021 by Diane Greig
In the county of East Sussex, town of Bexhill, was a unique college from 1932 to 1939 — a Nazi’s girls’ school called the Augusta Victoria College …
Read moreSoft Power
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Noor Inayat Khan

March 27, 2021 by Diane Greig
Noor Inayat Khan was a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in France during WW 2. Due to her fluency in French, unflappable character and …
Read moreNoor Inayat Khan
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Common Ground

March 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
At 25 years old, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, was already a highly decorated Soviet sniper and lieutenant from the  Red Army’s 25th Chapayev Rifle Division …
Read moreCommon Ground
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Artemis

March 24, 2021 by Diane Greig
Virginia Hall was a tenacious, strategic and adventuresome WW 2 agent. Being American born, wealthy and having studied languages in Europe, she freely …
Read moreArtemis
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Revisioning Ourselves

March 19, 2021 by Diane Greig
Re-examining western cultural history is imperative to revisioning ourselves today. For instance, new archeological techniques are challenging long …
Read moreRevisioning Ourselves
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An American Mossad

March 18, 2021 by Diane Greig
Soon to be released in English, Amazons of the Mossad, reviews new intelligence information including the identities of some women agents. Sarah …
Read moreAn American Mossad
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17th C Secret Letters

March 15, 2021 by Diane Greig
Women spies for King Charles 1 knew how to letter-lock their communications so that these messages passed to him in secret. These expertly …
Read more17th C Secret Letters
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Josephine Baker

March 15, 2021 by Diane Greig
In 1925, Missouri-born Josephine Baker, left for Paris travelling with an all-Black troupe as an erotic dancer. She soon came to love France with the …
Read moreJosephine Baker
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Women Warriors

March 14, 2021 by Diane Greig
This year, more than ever, women are being remembered and celebrated in the military. A recent Sun article about women on the front …
Read moreWomen Warriors
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Canadian Power Gradient

March 9, 2021 by Diane Greig
Eighty years post WW 2 and 70 years since Canada first passed the equal pay legislation, why does the power ratio of men to women still exist in the …
Read moreCanadian Power Gradient
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Sisterhood

March 7, 2021 by Admin
Invisible Women is celebrating International Women’s Day with the release of Episode 5. This episode is about the power of Sisterhood and women …
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Sisterhood Resistors

March 7, 2021 by Diane Greig
Invisible Women is celebrating International Women’s Day by releasing Episode 5 a few days early (on March 8) to coincide with IWD. It’s about the …
Read moreSisterhood Resistors
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The Abwehr’s Hairdresser

March 4, 2021 by Diane Greig
Jessie Jordon, a Scottish citizen, began spying for the Abwehr, the German military intelligence after marrying and living in Germany for a number of …
Read moreThe Abwehr’s Hairdresser
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American Women of the Somme

March 2, 2021 by Diane Greig
The Battle of the Somme is known as one of the bloodiest battles of WW 1. The British, French and their allies including Canadian soldiers were on one …
Read moreAmerican Women of the Somme
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“The Fly” Purse

February 28, 2021 by Diane Greig
CIA and KGB Cold War espionage gadgets drew high bids recently in a Beverley Hills Auction. Peruse the list of interesting relics and their …
Read more“The Fly” Purse
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Les Espionnes Racontent

February 25, 2021 by Diane Greig
In 2017, Chloé Aeberhardt, a French journalist, released a book entitled, “Les Espionnes Racontent” about the stories of six female intelligence …
Read moreLes Espionnes Racontent
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The White Mouse

February 23, 2021 by Diane Greig
Nancy Wake, New Zealand born and SOE (Special Operations Executive) trained, was one of the few female agents who received wide acclaim for her WW 2 …
Read moreThe White Mouse
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A Brilliant Spy

February 20, 2021 by Diane Greig
Harriet Tubman has been inducted into the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame for her work as an intelligence operations specialist during the …
Read moreA Brilliant Spy
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Sexpionage

February 16, 2021 by Diane Greig
Last month the Indian Army warned its personnel against interacting with unknown Facebook and WhatsApp social media profiles, and specifically about …
Read moreSexpionage
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The Female Gaze

February 16, 2021 by Diane Greig
Actor, Lorraine Toussaint, comments that it’s exciting to play the strong and clever Black female spy character, McCall in The Equailzer, a …
Read moreThe Female Gaze
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A Call to Action

February 12, 2021 by Diane Greig
Spies posing as journalists is not new in espionage especially in first-world countries where political and economic information is desired, but it …
Read moreA Call to Action
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Shadow Projections

February 10, 2021 by Diane Greig
Ayla, a young Jewish woman, walked for miles in the middle of the night through mountainous regions with snowdrifts and freezing temperatures toward …
Read moreShadow Projections
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Double Identité

February 4, 2021 by Diane Greig
Although settling in the English countryside with three children and a husband, Ursula Kuczynski was a deep spy and colonel in the Red Army with a …
Read moreDouble Identité
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OSS Spy Novelist

February 4, 2021 by Diane Greig
In 1944, Aline Griffith was sent to Spain by the OSS to search out Nazi sympathisers. She infiltrated Spanish society through high profile soirées and …
Read moreOSS Spy Novelist
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Civil War Sleuth

February 3, 2021 by Diane Greig
Before the CIA had women at the helm, a philanthropist and abolitionist, Elizabeth Van Lew (1818-1900), ran an underground spy network called the …
Read moreCivil War Sleuth
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Liberating Marguerite

January 30, 2021 by Diane Greig
In 1918 when women were not considered as serious war correspondents, Marguerite Harrison, a journalist, linguist and adventurer turned to the U.S. …
Read moreLiberating Marguerite
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Poetic Rhythm

January 30, 2021 by Diane Greig
Even prior to WW 2, Elizebeth Smith Friedman was indispensable to the U.S. government because of her unique perspective on patterns and language …
Read morePoetic Rhythm
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Badass Women

January 23, 2021 by Diane Greig
By 1944 and as the Nazis became more astute at discovering Allied male agents, the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) working in France began using …
Read moreBadass Women
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Fighting Fascists and Sexists

January 23, 2021 by Diane Greig
A powerful espionage agent from the WW 2 era, Lidia Menapace, who fought Fascists in Italy died in December 2020 at the age of 96 from Covid-19. …
Read moreFighting Fascists and Sexists
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Missing the Mark

January 14, 2021 by Diane Greig
Recently, I attended a virtual Smithsonian Institute seminar created by the American Women’s History Initiative called, Female Spies of World War II …
Read moreMissing the Mark
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Propaganda

January 10, 2021 by Diane Greig
On her wedding day Liliana discovered that she was not only saying yes to marriage, but also to the perilous work of a wireless operator in one of the …
Read morePropaganda
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Deep Cover Career Agents

January 8, 2021 by Diane Greig
Women made excellent spies in WW 2 partly because of western gendered projections about them not being astute, strategic or creative enough to be a …
Read moreDeep Cover Career Agents
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Redefining Espionage

December 21, 2020 by Diane Greig
When mandatory spying, like mandatory military training is imposed on a country’s citizens, it has a direct impact on foreign countries and …
Read moreRedefining Espionage
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Not Crossword

December 21, 2020 by Diane Greig
To do their job well, code breakers usually have different ways of perceiving and solving puzzles than most of us. The UK’s Government Communications …
Read moreNot Crossword
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Honey Trapped

December 18, 2020 by Diane Greig
Some western countries are being flooded by short and long-term spies who are planted by their enemies into the political and technological fabric of …
Read moreHoney Trapped
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Shifting Paradigm

December 18, 2020 by Diane Greig
Richard Moore, the new head of the UK’s SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, has put out a call for those with disabilities to join the intelligence …
Read moreShifting Paradigm
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Out of the Shadows

December 13, 2020 by Diane Greig
From this article in the local Bowen Island newspaper, to listeners around the world. It’s gratifying to see the genuine and cross-cultural interest …
Read moreOut of the Shadows
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Spy Craft

December 10, 2020 by Diane Greig
What is it about secrets and spying that holds such interest, curiosity and energy for us?  And, why were these women agents, who were …
Read moreSpy Craft
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Increasing Inroads

December 7, 2020 by Diane Greig
A Call to Spy, releasing this week, is a movie about three Special Operations Executive (SOE) women agents in WW 2 who were initially selected to spy …
Read moreIncreasing Inroads
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Petition to Admit Women

December 4, 2020 by Diane Greig
“Female barristers say men-only club is symbolic of diversity problems within legal profession” and it is condoning an “invisible pattern of …
Read morePetition to Admit Women
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Women’s Spy Craft

December 1, 2020 by Diane Greig
Women’s Spy Craft in WW 2, as discussed in Episode 2 (releases Dec. 11. 20), includes how women were selected, how they were trained and what types of …
Read moreWomen’s Spy Craft
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Women Agents in High Command

November 26, 2020 by Diane Greig
President-elect Joe Biden has announced two women to the highest positions in U.S. intelligence, Avril Haines will be the director of national …
Read moreWomen Agents in High Command
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Sapphire Circles: SOE Woman to be Honoured

November 21, 2020 by Diane Greig
As in WW 2 when women were invited into work usually reserved for men, today women’s contributions are receiving greater acknowledgement through the …
Read moreSapphire Circles: SOE Woman to be Honoured
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Women Resistors

November 16, 2020 by Diane Greig
I interviewed 4 military and 4 resistance cell women for my research. Although the women military agents’ acts of bravery were recorded in military …
Read moreWomen Resistors
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Spying, Self-Agency and Culture

November 13, 2020 by Diane Greig
Self-agency or personal power is one of the most important traits one can develop. It gives us a sense of control over our lives. We can be …
Read moreSpying, Self-Agency and Culture
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Service Zero

November 10, 2020 by Diane Greig
When real life stories have been kept secret for over 60 years, it’s difficult to coax them into existence. This episode introduces eight such …
Read moreService Zero
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Invisible Women on CBC Radio

November 10, 2020 by Diane Greig
I’ll be a guest on CBC Radio’s On The Coast on Wednesday, November 11th. The interview is scheduled for shortly after 3:00 pm Pacific Time on …
Read moreInvisible Women on CBC Radio

Declassifying Spy Files

November 3, 2020 by Diane Greig
The Canadian government is thinking of creating a centre to declassify historical documents. Bringing important culturally-related information out …
Read moreDeclassifying Spy Files

Welcome

October 28, 2020 by Diane Greig
Welcome to Invisible Women: The Podcast and thank you for listening to these courageous women’s stories. I wanted to create this podcast so …
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Introducing Invisible Women

October 26, 2020 by Diane Greig
Based on her years of research and in-person interviews, Diane Greig hosts this podcast about eight women who worked in espionage during World War …
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