I’m sharing several of my favorite real-life heroes today in recognition of #WomensHistoryMonth.

Real-Life Heroes

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Welcome to #ThrowBackThursday where I highlight an older review or post a current review of a backlist title. This week in celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth I’m featuring books and older reviews about a few of my favorite real-life heroes,

I’m linking up with Davida @ The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog for #ThrowbackThursday.

The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton

The story of real-life hero Truus Wijsmuller, a member of the Dutch resistance who risked her life smuggling Jewish children out of Nazi Germany. 

Hidden Yellow Stars by Rebecca Connolly

Real-life heroes Andrée Geulen and Ida Sterno risk their lives to secretly defy the Nazis in Belgium and take action to hide as many Jewish children as possible from the Gestapo. 

The Winter Orphans by Kristin Beck

Rösli Näf and Anne-Marie Piguet are the Red Cross Volunteers and real-life heroes whose mission includes safeguarding the children. 

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

Intense story of real-life socialite spy, Nancy Wake. 

The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

 Elizabeth Packard is a real-life hero who fought for her own freedom and to secure mental health rights for all women who were unjustly committed to insane asylums.

She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

A tribute to Harriet Tubman, one amazing woman and real-life hero.

The Woman with the Cure by Lynn Cullen

Dorothy Horstmann, a scientist and real-life hero who was deeply concerned for the children who were suffering from Polio and worked relentlessly and sacrificially for a vaccine, but she didn’t receive the recognition she deserved.

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe

 Dita Kraus is a real-life hero who risks her life to ensure that children in a concentration camp have access to books, reading, and learning.

The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck

Virginia Hall is a real-life hero who trades in a safe life to work as an Allied Spy with the Resistance Movement in France during World War 11.

The Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

Mildred and her friends are real-life heroes who risk their lives to oppose Hitler and his regime in prewar Germany.

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