Who was America's greatest female spy?

Answer 1

Nancy Drew

Answer 2

The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy.

Virginia Hall left comfortable Baltimore roots of privilege in 1931 to follow her dream of becoming a Foreign Service Officer. She watched as Hitler rolled into Poland, then France, and she decided to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). There she learned things her wealthy Baltimore contemporaries would never have imagined — demolitions, assassination, secret radio communications, and resistance organization. She was deployed to France where the Gestapo imprisoned, beat, and tortured spies.
Soon, WANTED posters appeared throughout France offering a reward for the capture of "The most dangerous of all Allied spies...we must find and destroy her."
Upon her return to England, the OSS recruited her and sent her back to France disguised as an old peasant woman.

S.O.E. - (British) The Special Operations Executive was created by Winston Churchill in July, 1940, to organise and carry out acts of sabotage in occupied Europe.

O.S.S. - (U.S.A.) The Office of Strategic Services was initiated during World War II by General William J. Donovan with the approval and support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Answer 3

My vote goes to Lydia Darragh, a Quaker matron of Philadelphia who managed to foil a British attack on the American encampment at Whitemarsh during the American Revolution.

When the British occupied Philadelphia in 1777, a major demanded that the Darraghs vacate their home so that he could quarter there. Lydia said that she had two small children and that her family had nowhere else to go; the major agreed to a compromise of sorts, requiring that the Darraghs make a room available at all times, should the British need it for staff meetings.

On a December night, the British collected on the Darraghs' promise, ordered the family to retire to bed, and set up a meeting in the room provided.

Lydia slipped downstairs, listened at the keyhole, and heard the plans to attack Whitemarsh in two days.

The following day, she went to the headquarters of General Howe to request a pass to go to Frankford, some five miles away, to buy flour. Since she was--apparently--just a middle-aged housewife needing a grocery staple, the pass was granted.

There was a tavern on the way to Frankford that was a gathering place for Continental couriers (since Lydia's son was serving with the Continental Army, she likely knew of this); she was on foot on a snowy day, so it would not be strange for her to stop for a warming drink.

She passed on the information, continued on to Frankford, got her flour, and walked the five miles back, the British none the wiser. The following evening she had the satisfaction of learning that the surprise attack was no surprise, and had been thwarted
--and the British never suspected that this ordinary wife and mother was the reason.

Answer 4

Pauline Cushman, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary Edwards Walker, Mary Elizabeth Bowser and more: here are some of the many women who spied during the American Civil War, helping the cause of the Union and the North with their information.

Answer 5

Maybe the most famous was Julia Child, the chef, who worked for the OSS (predecessor of the CIA) during World War II. She always played down her role, but apparently was an important field operative (her fluency in French was a help).

Answer 6

Harriet the Spy

Answer 7

Harriet the Spy.

Answer 8

Our greatest spies will never be known.

Answer 9

The one we will never learn anything about.

Answer 10

I am sorry, that information is classified and I cannot tell you.