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Virginia Hall

July 25, 2018 in Modern Worthies

Miriam O’Brien Underhill

The Mountain Climber Who Needed No Men

Men? Mountaineer Miriam O’Brien Underhill Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Men – She pioneered and argued for “manless” climbing in a hugely influential 1934 essay. From an essay she wrote: I saw no reason, why women, ipso facto, should be incapable of leading a good climb. They had, as a matter of fact, already done so,... Read more »
July 11, 2018 in Ask Jason

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Virginia Hall (1906-1982)
The Most Dangerous Spy of All
This "most dangerous of all spies" staged daring mountaintop escapes, prison breaks, and railway bombings -- all on her trusty wooden leg, codenamed "Cuthbert."
January 27, 2017

One-Legged Spy Virginia Hall Gets Her Own Movie

One of the most dangerous spies in WW2 was one-legged Virginia Hall (and her wooden leg Cuthbert) -- and she's now getting a movie, starring Daisy Ridley!

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