Female spies of the Civil War era

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🗓️ 23 August 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Historian Nadine Akkerman introduces a number of remarkable women who acted as secret agents in the 17th century Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.3	interceptors of mail and organisers of underground postal channels.
0:49.3	They organised spirings from the comfort of their literary salons or estates.
0:59.2	They were letter writers filling sheets of paper with political and military information.
1:05.0	They sent information on double agents, warnings about the enemy closing in,
1:14.7	who to trust, information either exposing or planning conspiracies, such as assassination plots, money transfers and uprisings.
1:19.4	That was Nadine Ackerman talking about historical female spies.
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