There is a short piece on Gertrude Legrande walking into Switzerland. She was listed as the first woman captured on the Western Front. She is listed here as a “secretary.”
In reality she was working for the OSS. She was a rich socialite. From the early 20’s she was a world traveller and big game hunter. In fact, they were already making movies loosely based on her life in the late 30s.
She must have been something. I am going to try to find her autobiographies. What a subject for movie!
I knew there had to be more to that story when I saw it. OSS explains a lot.
Compare Ms. LeGrande’s heroism with the other woman mentioned on the page, Jay Gould’s granddaughter, who appears to have the morals of an alley cat.