While there are likely many factors in play as to why her story took so many years to surface, Virginia herself was also uninterested in fame and shied away from public accolades, seeking to continue her work in anonymity. Considering how central Virginia's role was in the Allied victory in France, it's difficult to fathom how she could have been lost in the annals of history.Did you (or anyone you know) have a course set for you since childhood that you were expected to follow? Have you (or they) since rebelled from that course? If so, what obstacles did you (or they) have to face, if any? Was it worth it?.

Do you feel like views on where 'a woman's place' is have changed? In what ways do you feel society has progressed when it comes to gender equality-and in what ways has it not?

Since birth, Virginia was expected to marry well and become a society wife instead, she chose a male-dominated career path in which she constantly found herself either underestimated or overlooked, even after the end of her illustrious war career.

She clearly had a similar magnetic pull in person, drawing people from all walks of life to stand for freedom, their country, and the Allied effort, often at great peril to their families and themselves.ĭid the book change your ideas about what one person can accomplish? In what ways did her grit and courage inspire you?

A charismatic woman of great intelligence and resourcefulness, Virginia Hall is an inspiration from the very first page of A Woman of No Importance.

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