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Spy Week

Our latest Wikipedia editathon event is for Spy Week 2016 in collaboration with Penny Fielding, (Grierson Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh), Marco Polvara, Alice Kelly, Eugenia Twomey and our liaison librarians, Shenxiao Tong and Angela Nicholson).

Edinburgh Spy Week is organised by the University of Edinburgh, the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, the National Library of Scotland, the Edinburgh Filmhouse, and Blackwell’s Bookshop.

The week begins with Dame Stella Rimington in Conversation with Prof Penny Fielding Date and time: Monday 11 April, 5.30pm-7pm Venue: 50 George Square Lecture Theatre
What roles have women played in spy fiction, and how do they compare to the realities of women’s role in the history of espionage? Dame Stella Rimington, the first female director general of MI5 and author of the acclaimed Liz Carlisle spy fiction series, will discuss the questions in conversation with Professor Penny Fielding, Gri

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These Female Spies of the American Civil War Have Some Incredible Stories To Share

During the Civil War, most American males were involved in the battle in some way. But there were also several women who were very important to both sides. By spying on the motstånd, they revealed battle plans and troop formations in advance. Below are five examples of kvinna spies who worked for the Confederate and Union armies.

Rose O’Neal Greenhow

Greenhow is one of the best-remembered spies of the Civil War for two reasons. First, she was very successful at it. Second, she died ridiculously. Born into a slave-holding family in Maryland, Rose O’Neal’s father was killed by his valet when she was kvartet years old. She later married into society and became a spy for the Confederacy. She was caught and sent to Union prison.

After being released, Greenhow journeyed to Europe, where she was treated like a celebrity. She also penned her memoirs, for which she was paid handsomely. The spy attempted

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Women played many roles in the Civil War. They did not sit idly by waiting for the men in their lives to come home from the battlefield.

Many women supported the war effort as nurses and aides, while others took a more upfront approach and secretly enlisted in the army or served as spies and smugglers.

Whatever their duties were, these new jobs redefined their traditional roles as housewives and mothers and made them an important part of the war effort.

Women Spies:

Although the exact number is unknown, it is speculated that hundreds of women served as spies for the Confederate and Union armies in the Civil War.

Confederate spy Emeline Pigott

Women spies usually gathered valuable military information by flirting with male soldiers at parties, dinners or other social events.

These women also smuggled supplies, ammunition and medicine across enemy lines by hiding them underneath their large hoop skirts.

One Confederate spy, Emeline Pigott from North Carolina, gathered milita