It’s WWII and German forces are searching for you. You keep moving, sending information to the Allies, and you refuse to give up. The people hunting you call you  “the Limping Lady.” You are a valuable spy who can vanish into shadows, and you know your cover could be blown at any time. The Nazi forces have invaded France and you move behind enemy lines. Your job is to make friends and join secret resistance groups, gather information and send coded messages that will help your side understand, and defeat the enemy.

This was a time when, if the wrong person sees your face, hears your name, or discovers what you are doing,  your entire mission could be over. During World War II, Virginia Hall was part of that dangerous world of secret messages, hidden identities, and undercover work. She lost her left leg in an accident but wanted to serve her country during this time of war. The United States had rules against hiring people with disabilities so she joined Britain’s Special Operations.  While working for the British, she learned about secret networks, coded radio messages, and carefully protected identities.

Virginia helped organize French Resistance fighters and gather information for the Allies. She was so good at her job as a spy that German forces began searching for her. but Hall kept moving, kept sending information, and refused to go away. The German Gestapo was the official police force in Nazi Germany. They named Virginia Hall the “limping lady” and they even put out posters naming her as one of Germany’s most wanted. The poster said, "The woman who limps is one of the most dangerous Allied agents in France. We must find and destroy her". The chase was on and her only hope of getting away was to hike the mountains and cross from France to Spain.

After that the Americans realized how valuable Virginia was and she went to work for the Office of Strategic Services. During the last part of WWII she helped recruit and train Guerilla resistance groups. She is recognized as one of the most successful spies of the time, but her story did not end there. The OSS was disbanded after the war and rebuilt as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Virginia Hall’s knowledge of undercover work, her ability to solve difficult problems, and her determination got her a job at the CIA where she worked until she retired in 1966. Virginia Hall proved that a secret agent's greatest strengths are not gadgets or disguises, but intelligence, courage, and the determination to keep going when the odds are against you. Many of Virginia’s missions with the CIA are still top secret.