This work investigates the multifaceted roles and strategic contributions of women within the French Resistance movement during the German occupation of France from 1940 to 1945. Margaret L. Rossiter, a historian specializing in European resistance movements, utilizes archival records, personal testimonies, and military documentation to reconstruct the clandestine activities of female operatives. The book argues that women were not merely auxiliary figures but central to the intelligence, sabotage, and logistical networks that sustained the resistance effort against the Vichy regime and Nazi forces.

Historians and scholars frequently cite this work as a foundational text for understanding the gendered dynamics of underground warfare in occupied France. Readers often note the academic rigor and the extensive use of primary source material to document previously overlooked contributions.