Once Helen Mirren said “The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recognition. Unfairly so, it’s a world that needs women”. Celebrities, chefs, workers, maids, spouse, she can play different types of roles but nobody can recognize them. Women do this work by putting their lives in danger. They don’t tell particular mothers becomes spies the emotions and how to handle that. Now, we are taking about the most famous female spies in the world.
World Famous Female Spies
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, her stage name was Mata Hari, who was the British dancer. She became a spy for France during World War-I. She was hired by army captain Georges Ladoux for gave the information from the French government to Germany.
But not for the long time because Mata Hari wasg accused of being a German spy. On 15 October, 1917 in morning, she knows about that today is her last day. She was in the prison and asked for an ink, pen, papers and envelopes. She was allowed to write two articles. She wrote notes before donning a velvet cloak on the bottom with her black stockings and fur. On the same day, the last sentence she said, “I AM READY” and killed by firing squad.
Sehmat khan
Sehmat khan is a fictitious name, no one knows her real name. She was a daughter of Kashmir business man. She decided to be a spy for India.
In 1971, she married a Pakistani soldier for becoming a spouse of him, so that she goes to Pakistan easily and able to get the necessary information from there. Her collected information helps to save the lives of many Indian soldiers. And also, when the mission is over, she came back to India but when she came back, she was pregnant because she fell in love with her husband and later her son was also admitted to the Indian Army.
Shi Jianqiao
Shi Jianqiao real name was Shi Gulan but she wanted to make herself famous by her name Shi Jianqiao. She became a spy to take the revenge of her father’s death. Her father was killed by Sun Chuanfang in 1925. And about 10 years, after the death of her father’s death, she killed Sun Chuanfang in the buddh temple while he was worshipping. After this incident, she didn’t run and stand on the same place till the police come and she confessed her crime.
In 1936, this High-profile case was decided by Court and she was released because she did this Murder to take the revenge of her father’s death.
Alice Marble
She was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand championship; single, double, mixed double in the same year. According to her autobiography her husband was a soldier and the tragedy was further aggravated in 1949 when she learned that her husband had been killed during action. After knowing of his death, she attempts an unnecessary suicide and slowly emerging in depression. Army Intelligence hired marble as a a detective.
After recovering from an unsuccessful suicide. In 1945 she travelled to Switzerland to investigate the financial books of an ex- lover, a Swiss investment banker who harboured Nazi money during the war. She was almost killed on that mission. And after this she continued to play
Saraswathi Rajamani
In the age of 16 she joined the Azad Hind Fauj of Shubhash Chandra Bose. She was the member of INA Military Intelligence. She made herself into a boy to entered in the Britisher’s houses and collect information. Once when one of her partners was in prison, she saved her but also, she got shot on the leg and she climbed on the tree for 3 days and after that she reached on her camp safely. She did this work when women didn’t allow to open her faces.
Ethel Rosenberg
She was a Russian actress and also a spy who was accused of stealing American nuclear secrets, fighter jet blue print and the designs of atomic bomb and provide all the information to Russia.
She made this step with her husband Juluis Rosenberg and also Ethel brother and sister together. She was accessing all the information from radio by the help of song. When her brother was arrested, he confessed all the true about their family and Ethel and her husband was arrested and in 1963 they were killed by giving heavy current.
Nancy Wake
Nancy was born in Newland which is also known as ‘white mouse’. She used to spy against Germany for France in world war-II. She was a soldier by her profession. She had a whole Army with which she used to attack the entire troop of Germany. She harmed the special force of Germany SS soldiers.
She would have already smashed all the Germany information and mission to France and when she came back she was awarded by 12 awards.
Marlene Dietrich
A famous woman who was known by her voice and her acting. She was an actress in silent movies and also nominated for Oscar award.
Because of her harsh voice, she left Nazi Germany in favour of US. According to her files she was a spy and she collect the information by entertaining the troops and said she is her way of fighting Hitler but there was the one boss of FBI J. Edgar Hoover who didn’t trust her and in the last he proved that she was a spy.
Anna Chapman
A Russian spy and a daughter of senior officers of Russian Intelligence Officers. She was the part of Russian Agents in America whose work was made connections to political celebrities and got their work out. She did her work so well but in 2010, Intelligence Officers suspected her and arrested all of them but after some time her father released her.
Julia Child
She was famous an American cooking teacher, author and a famous television personality. After graduation, she moved to New York where she worked in the advertising department of the prestigious home furnishing company W&J Sloane.
In 1941, at the beginning of the world war ll child Washington DC where she volunteered as a research assistant for the office of strategic services OSS. She plays key of role to send top secrets document between US government officials.
These are the list of world famous female spies who helped their countries in most secret ways.
