OT: Obituary of Nancy Wake, the White Mouse

[MagsRags]

She sounds like she was an amazing woman. I bet she danced a mean tango too!
Washington Post obit

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Thank you for posting this. What an inspiring woman she was.

They just don't make 'em like this anymore.

Barbara

 

[Midge]

What a story...! Shows once more that real life writes the best ones after all. Hollywood couldn't invent a better one I'd say .

Karin

 

[Jonathan]

Her life in the underground would make a fabulous film! What a hoot - its not every day you meet a woman who has killed a man with a karate chop!

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Her life did inspire the film Charlotte Gray - even though she was Australian, for some reason we didn't give her the respect she was entitled to.

Even after she recently died, local authorities were quoted saying things like "she did what many others did" when what she did was exceptional, and she was our most awarded war hero. I suspect it's a kind of sexism, diminishing her bravery and achievements.

Nicole