The Liberation of Marguerite Harrison: America's First Female Foreign Intelligence Agent Classics_Gift_Guide April in Paris

April in Paris

She was a lonely child with a cold mother

the Berzerker may have finally found a refuge – working for the U

drawing young children

The Liberation of Marguerite Harrison: America's First Female Foreign Intelligence Agent Classics_Gift_Guide April in ParisIn September 1918, World War I was nearing its end when Marguerite E. Harrison, a thirty nine year old Baltimore socialite, wrote to the head of the U. S. Army's Military Intelligence Division (MID) asking for a job. The director asked for clarification. Did she mean a clerical position? No, she told him. She wanted to be a spy. Harrison, a member of a prominent Baltimore family, usually got her way. She had founded a school for sick children and