TY - BOOK ID - 135677595 TI - The Saigon sisters : privileged women in the resistance AU - Norland, Patricia AU - Goscha, Christopher PY - 2021 SN - 1501749757 1501749730 1501749749 PB - Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Indochinese War, 1946-1954 KW - Women revolutionaries KW - Upper class women KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) KW - History KW - Vietname War, French Indochina, Revolution, Vietnamese women, nationalism, communism, Lycee Marie Curie, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135677595 AB - This text offers the narratives of a group of privileged women who were immersed in a French lycée and later rebelled and fought for independence, starting with France's occupation of Vietnam and continuing through US involvement and life after war ends in 1975. Tracing the lives of nine women, the book reveals these women's stories as they forsook safety and comfort to struggle for independence, and describes how they adapted to life in the jungle, whether facing bombing raids, malaria, deadly snakes, or other trials. ER -