Every dilemma in history even in biblical times had their own share of female working undercover who risked everything including their lives for the sake of their objectives.

Here are three big names who have worked undercover in recent history.

Margaretha Zelle was born in Netherlands and is considered to be one of the most recognized of all the spy women. The name was very significant in the World War I for she spied for Germany. She used to pick up knives with some of the allied officers and French Intelligence. She has made a milestone for Germans for giving them reliable information against the other forces.

The second one is Virginia Hall. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1906. She was proclaimed as the greatest of all the American Female spies. Regardless of the situation that one of her legs was amputated, she was acquired by the British Special Operations Executive which has a major control in the Allied Spy Network during the Second World War. She worked hand in hand with the French underground as an undercover in several action plans and activities that supplemented the Allied Victory. She survived the war and she was recognized and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for Services in the Second World War.

And lastly, Noor-un-NIsa Inayat Khan was born in Russia in January 1914. She is a daughter of an Indian and an American. She is very fluent in French. She had her expertise in radio transmission, and worked undercover behind enemy lines in France. Actually, in the event of the war, she was betrayed and was arrested by Germans. After the Second World War, the head of the Armed Forces in France confirmed that even though she undergone risky interrogation she did not squeal any of the vital information. She managed to escape but she was captured again and put in a dungeon with a shackled chain on her hands. In the year 1944, she was executed along with the three other spies. She was awarded the George Cross for his exemplary service as an undercover.

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