A black and white historical portrait of Virginia Hall, the most decorated female civilian of WWII. She is shown from the shoulders up, with short, dark hair styled in a wave across her forehead and a serious, steady gaze. She is wearing a dark coat with a thick, textured fur collar. The image captures the resilience of the pioneering Allied spy and resistance leader who outmaneuvered the Gestapo while using a prosthetic leg she nicknamed "Cuthbert."
Virginia Hall (b. #OTD in 1906) was the most decorated female civilian of #WWII.
Despite losing a leg, she was a master of disguise & resistance leader in Nazi-occupied France. The Gestapo called "The Limping Lady" their most dangerous enemy. #Histodons