Female spies who forged the CIA

<p>Many of the agents who played a crucial role in establishing the organisation now known as the Central Intelligence Agency – or CIA – were women. And yet, in the early days of the agency in post-WW2 America, they had to fight hard for career progression, status and recognition. Speaking with Elinor Evans, Nathalia Holt shares the lives of four women who undertook life-threatening missions and harnessed crucial intelligence in the early days of the agency. </p><p> </p><p>(Ad) Nathalia Holt is the author of Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage (Icon Books, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wise-Gals-Changed-Future-Espionage/dp/1785789589/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3C67LDSXDE5DV&amp;keywords=nathalia+holt&amp;qid=1674218071&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=nathalia+holt%2Cstripbooks%2C72&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wise-Gals-Changed-Future-Espionage/dp/1785789589/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3C67LDSXDE5DV&amp;keywords=nathalia+holt&amp;qid=1674218071&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=nathalia+holt%2Cstripbooks%2C72&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>