Valiant Young Women: Heroines

Meet the lovely Susanna, who lived in the kingdom of ancient Babylon, whose very beauty would force her to choose between life and death. The popularized accounts of Joan of Arc, whether on the screen or in print, fail to convey the astonishing truths of the brief life of the maiden from Domremy. The history of Great Britain would have vastly changed had the noble and highly intelligent Lady Jane Grey reigned as queen in the stead of the infamous Bloody Mary.

As delightful as the portrayal of Maria von Trapp was in the Sound of Music, her true-life story is far more wondrous yet.

The handsome SS Officer Rokita, responsible for the murder of countless innocents, could never have supposed that the pretty and petite young blonde, Irene Gut, daily defied him and successfully outmaneuvered his death squads.