by Mari K Eder | Nov 7, 2024 | Newsletters
In Sisterhood of Spies, her 1998 memoir about the women who served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII, Betty McIntosh highlighted several events in her recent recollections of her time with the new intelligence agency. She commented,... 
by Mari K Eder | Feb 6, 2024 | Newsletters
In 1943, Betty McIntosh (then Betty MacDonald) joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and began to learn what her duties would be in the Morale Operations Division. A former newspaper reporter, she thought she would be well-suited to serve in an organization... 
by Mari K Eder | Jan 3, 2024 | Newsletters
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) stood up in June 1942, a free-wheeling organization that had two main branches – operations and intelligence. By November 1944, ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan’s organization was robust, with 13,000 members assigned, some military, some... 
by Mari K Eder | Feb 2, 2021 | Newsletters
In the fourth grade, my favorite day was Friday. Not just because the weekend was coming but on Fridays we received our very own copies of “My Weekly Reader”. To me, the short, shy kid in the second row, the little newspaper was a total gold mine of intrigue and...