Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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May 1942: English-born Susan Travers, working as a...
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May 1942
English-born Susan Travers
, working as a wartime driver with the French Légion Etrangère
, led the breakout of Allied forces holding out in Bir Hakeim, ringed by mines and tanks.
“Susan Travers”. Daily Telegraph, 23 Dec. 2003, p. 19.
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June 1945: Englishwoman Susan Travers (whose World War...
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June 1945
Englishwoman Susan Travers
(whose World War Two activity had included working as an army nurse and a chauffeur) became the first woman to join the Foreign Legion
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
