I loved getting to see women in a more prominent role especially when it comes to the spy networks. We know that women were very prominent throughout WWII in helping win the war, but until recently we haven't heard their stories. This book does a great job of telling Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier stories both in their personal lives and in their work lives. We see how they were not given as much grace as the men and how they had to put their personal lives on hold or just plain not have relationships or children because if they did they would be forced to retire unless the husbands were also in the CIA. All of the hard work that the Wise Gals did is amazing, especially with how hard they had to fight for every little thing and to prove their worth. I loved reading how different their methods of interrogation were and how they actually ended up working better, how they created spy networks in crafty ways, and how they got information about people by just doing simple things and befriending people. It's truly an amazing thing to see how they did all of this without any help from higher-ups and basically fully on their own for the most part after certain people left/retired.

Overall I loved this non-fiction book and how easy it was to read. While it does provide a ton of information it didn't feel like a textbook or overwhelming at all, because we were just learning about these women's lives, and being able to place a name and a face on something makes it much more enjoyable and easy to read in my opinion when it comes to non-fiction.

Thank you to Netgalley and G.P. Putnam and sons for the e-arc in exchange for my honest review.