Courses – Spring 2025 / Old Courses / WOMEN SPIES

Coordinators: Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer, Tamara Weinberg

The stories of hundreds of courageous women spies have been long hidden from reports of battles and war. Before and during World War II, both Allied and Axis powers trained and sent women to the war fronts in occupied territories, to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance.

Initially distrusted by male colleagues, they developed wide and effective networks of spies. Employment of women as spies, of course, reaches back in history. Fascinating books, movies and TV, both fiction and nonfiction, have captivated us with stories about individual women and organizations. Who were these women? How did they operate?

A WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Other Classes:

• THE TWILIGHT ZONE
• HEALTH AND MEDICINE
• IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, CAN IT?
• FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
• PORTRAIT OF A LADY
• STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A BRAVE NEW WORLD?
• DAISY MILLER & WASHINGTON SQUARE
• BEETHOVEN: THE MIDDLE YEARS
• ALL THE KINGS MEN
• JAZZ AT NOON
• WORLD OF THEATRE
• THE SCARLET LETTER
• THE GREAT GATSBY
• TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
• MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
• HISTORY OF MEDICINE
• HARLEM RENAISSANCE
• CONSTRUCTION: BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR
• ACTING WORKSHOP I
• THEATER TALKBACK
• BOOK CHATS
• ADVENTURES IN DINING
• FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
• TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND
• INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
• SIXTIES
• ELIZABETH GASKELL
• WEEK IN PARIS
• CLASSICAL MUSIC
• CREATIVE WORKSHOP
• MUSIC OF THE HEART
• EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
• SYMPOSIUM
• RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
• WATER
• FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK
• CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
• AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
• HUCKLEBERRY FINN
• AGING
• FASCINATING ISLANDS
• BLACK WOMENS VOICES
• THE NOBEL PRIZES
• READING EDITH WHARTON
• WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
• THE NEAR EAST
• HISTORY OF GERMANY
• A PASSAGE TO INDIA
• INDIE FILMS
• SLAVERY'S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
• RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
• READING THE RABBIS
• RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
• MYTHOLOGY
• LITERARY HEROINES
• HOWARDS END
• HOUSE OF MIRTH
• FABULOUS FIFTIES
• COMEDY CENTRAL
• READING BLACK LIVES
• BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
• MOZARTS WOMEN
• ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
• AFRICAN CONTINENT
• PRESENTERS SHOWCASE
• INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
• ACTING CLASS
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS
• LAW & ORDER
• POINT OF VIEW
• MODERN OPERA
• MOVERS & SHAKERS
• SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
• FASCINATING NONFICTION
• GREAT CONVERSATIONS
• ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
• SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE

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