![]() ![]() But after a year of secretarial work, Virginia resigned. This time, with the help of President Roosevelt, she finally found herself as part of the US legation in Tallinn, Estonia in 1938. But with fascism on the rise in Europe, in 1936, Virginia again applied for a position as a diplomat. Undeterred, and despite an uncomfortable prosthetic leg, Virginia was determined to return to Europe, and got another posting with the US Consulate in Venice, Italy. While in Turkey, she had a shooting accident and lost her left leg below the knee as a result. Despite stellar qualifications, the State Department rejected her application, but she did get a not-terribly-interesting post, first in Warsaw, Poland and later in Smyrna, Turkey, both at the U.S. When Virginia returned home in 1929, she immediately applied for at job at the State Department, hoping for a diplomat position. Virginia was also able to go to Paris when she was 20, enjoying the art, literature, and meeting all kinds of interesting people, and travelling around Europe for several years. ![]() She loved excitement and living in NY while attending to Barnard College provided her with plenty of that. Virginia was too free spirited to settle down into a society marriage. Virginia Hall may have been born into a family that believed they were obligated "to restore the family to the heights of Baltimore society" but she had no intention of obliging her mother's wish of marrying into money. ![]()
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