| LC control no. | nr 90026571 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Morris, Violette, 1893-1944 |
| Associated country | France |
| Birth date | 1893-04-18 |
| Death date | 1944-04-26 |
| Profession or occupation | Athletes Spies |
| Found in | Rullin, R. La diablesse, 1989: cover p. 4 (Violette Morris, 1893-1944; French athlete; Nazi collaborator; executed by the Resistance) Wikipedia, February 28, 2019 (Violette Morris; Violette Morris (18 April 1893--26 April 1944) was a French athlete who won two gold and one silver medals at the Women's World Games in 1921-1922; in 1936, she became a spy for Nazi Germany, which continued during World War II; she was killed in 1944 in a Resistance-led ambush as a traitor to France; Morris spent her adolescence in a convent, L'Assomption de Huy; she married Cyprien Gouraud on 22 August 1914; they divorced in May 1923; she served in World War I as a military nurse during the Battle of the Somme and a courier during the Battle of Verdun; she was the first French woman to excel at shot put and discus, and playing on two separate women's football teams) |
| Associated language | fre |
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