Hello everyone since week three my class has been writing essays on New Zealand leader I decide to pick Nancy Wake. I found her story very interesting so I wanted to write an essay about her, this is my essay.
Nancy wake was a women leader back in 1939-1945. Nancy Wake was born in Wellington on 30th of August 1912. Her full name is Nancy Grace Augusta Wake. She is the youngest of six children Nancy followed after her father becoming a journalist who joined the french resistance and later special operations executive during World War II. Nancy was also a secret agent during world war 2 and fighting for New Zealand while helping people.
I feel that Nancy Wake is a very strong leader for her time because the Germans and the Gestapo unrestricted access to all parts of Vichy France and made life more dangerous for Nancy. When the network was betrayed that same year she decided to flee France. Nancy was only 16 years old when she ran away from home. Nancy knew that she was in danger so keep herself safe by fleeing France but she also did this out of bravery. Nancy knew she might be able to help that's why she became a nurse after running away.
After running away she became a nurse but she only worked briefly as a nurse. In 1932, Nancy inherited some money and used it to travel to London then into the mainland of Europe to train to become a journalist. Nancy ended up settling in Paris and working for the Hearst group of newspapers and as a journalist. This all happened after she ran away then she joined the war at about 23.
During the war Nanay was a resistance fighter who led an army of 7000 Marquis troops in a guerrilla mission to sabotage the Nazi regime. She was given the code name ‘The White Mouse’. She was credited for saving the lives of hundreds of allied soldiers. Downed airmen between 1940 and 1943 by escorting them through occupied France to safety in Spain.
After the war Nancy immediately was awarded the george medal, The United states medal of freedom, the Médaille de la Résistance, and thrice, the Croix de Guerre. She worked for the intelligence department at the british air ministry. In 1985, Nancy published her autobiography, The white mouse. She got married to her husband John Forward the couple had no children. Later on 19 august 1997 after 40 year of her marriage her husband died at Port Macquarie.
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