by Mari K Eder | Apr 2, 2024 | Newsletters
In perhaps the most dangerous assignment of her career with the New York Police Department, Mae Foley was assigned to go undercover and pretend to be a Nazi sympathizer. She reluctantly agreed. After all, she’d just spent two years babysitting the 40+ unwilling... 
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 | Jul 5, 2023 | Newsletters
For the past two years, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with my new friends, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line. Those intrepid women, trailblazers in the World War II years and beyond, kept me company throughout the empty span of the pandemic. I learned their... 
by Mari K Eder | May 30, 2023 | Op-Eds and Commentary
Ellen O’Grady claimed to be the first female detective. So did Mary Sullivan, but Ellen O’Grady had been a matron first, and Mary Sullivan hadn’t been through basic police training. Additionally, as Mae knew, many claimed to be the first policewoman or the first... 
by Mari K Eder | Mar 1, 2023 | Newsletters
And here it comes. Friends told me they saw my next book is already listed on Amazon and available for pre-ordering. WHAT? I didn’t know it was there. Nor did I know the actual publication date until I found the listing. It is just a little more than five months...