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Scared Fearless An Unlikely Agent in the US Secret Service / By Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Ed. by her brother, Arthur B. Fuller. With an introduction by Horace Greeley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--History--Modern period, 1600-.
- Women.
- United States.
- United States. Secret Service--Biography.
- United States. Secret Service.
- Childers, Kathryn Clark, 1947-.
- Childers, Kathryn Clark.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, [15]-428 p.) : front. (port.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- 1855. Sheldon, Lamport & co.; [etc., etc.] New York,
- Summary:
- "Recruited to the Secret Service as one of its first five female agents, Childers would surprise many people, including herself. Her duties included undercover work, protective details for Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, and attending state dinners where she met world leaders, including Prince Juan Carlos of Spain. In addition, she had to figure out how to disguise the .357 Magnum revolver that she carried at all times, whether wearing jogging clothes, a business suit, or an evening gown. It was 1970, and the Secret Service, like most public and private organizations, struggled-sometimes unsuccessfully-with the challenges of incorporating a rising tide of women into government service and other professional workplaces. Written in a lighthearted but highly informative style, "Scared Fearless" details the obstacles and the joys, the moments of high adventure, and the laughable fashion dilemmas that were part of Childers' groundbreaking role. Through everything that happened, Childers says, she followed her father's admonition: "Just do it scared.""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1. Bang!
- 2. A Girl with Gumption
- 3. Duck and Cover
- 4. The Times They Are A-Changin'
- 5. Public Relations
- 6. Secret Service on Line Two
- 7. Trying Us On for Size
- 8. At Home in the District
- 9. Bang . . . You're Dead!
- 10. Shots Fired
- 11. Tour Guide
- 12. History of the House
- 13. Armed, Dangerous . . . and Lithe?
- 14. The Details
- 15. WFO: New Day, New Assignment
- 16. Playing the Part
- 17. Cheeseburgers and Counterfeiters
- 18. Girl Undercover
- 19. Make Love, Not War
- 20. Destructive Ducks
- 21. Femmes Fatales
- 22. Cigs and Sleep Shirts
- 23. Welcome to Miami
- 24. The Pistol-Packin' Nanny
- 25. Where in the World Is Scorpios?
- 26. Three Women
- 27. Joining the FBI
- 28. The Karate Lady Loves Geraniums
- 29. Protection in Unusual Places
- 30. Do You Have an Aspirin?
- 31. On Duty, but Invisible
- 32. T-boned on First Avenue
- 33. It Never Hurts to Ask for Directions
- 34. A Night at the Drive-In
- 35. Goodbyes
- 36. A Purse Fit for a State Dinner
- 37. Regal Tourists
- 38. Rockets, Royalty, and Mr. Kissinger
- 39. The Theory of Relativity
- 40. A New Protectee
- Epilogue
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781623499174
- 1623499178
- OCLC:
- 1287099210
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