Summary Of Sarah Helm's A Life In Secrets

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While researching the jobs and roles of American women in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during World War II, ironically I stumbled upon the Special Operations Executive of Britain. I say ironically because the SOE was an intelligence organization in WWII that involved espionage, secret agents, and special reconnaissance. In Sarah Helm’s A Life in Secrets, the historian presents a quasi-biography of how Vera Atkins, one of SOE’s most mysterious and premiere secret agents, tracked down and investigated the fates of several missing female agents, women whom Atkins called her “girls.” Helm’s rich history and narrative, drawing from many primary sources, files, and interviews, describes the personalities, motivations, and perceptions of the women