Undercover girl: J. Edgar Hoover's war against Communism and the informant who helped bring it down

At The Height Of The Red Scare, Angela Calomiris Was A Paid Fbi Informant Inside The American Communist Party. As A Greenwich Village Photographer, Calomiris Spied On The New York Photo League, Pioneers In Documentary Photography. While Local Party Officials May Have Had Their Suspicions About Her Sexuality, Her Apparent Dedication To The Cause Won Them Over. When Calomiris Testified For The Prosecution At The 1949 Smith Act Trial Of The Party's National Board, Her Identity As An Informant (but Not As A Lesbian) Was Revealed. Her Testimony Sent Eleven Party Leaders To Prison And Decimated The Ranks Of The Communist Party In The Us. Undercover Girl Is Both A New Chapter In Cold War History And An Intimate Look At The Relationship Between The Fbi And One Of Its Paid Inform-ants. Ambitious And Sometimes Ruthless, Calomiris Defied Convention In Her Quest For Celebrity.--publisher Description. Lisa E. Davis. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 237-247). "At the height of the Red Scare, Angela Calomiris was a paid FBI informant inside the American Communist Party. As a Greenwich Village photographer, Calomiris spied on the New York Photo League, pioneers in documentary photography. While local Party officials may have had their sus-picions about her sexuality, her apparent dedication to the cause won them over. When Calomiris testified for the prosecution at the 1949 Smith Act trial of the Party's National Board, her identity as an informant (but not as a lesbian) was revealed. More than 100 party leaders were sent to prison and decimated the ranks of the Communist Party in the US. Undercover Girl is both a new chapter in Cold War history and an intimate look at the relation-ship between the FBI and one of its paid informants. Ambitious and sometimes ruthless, Calomiris defied convention in her quest for celebrity"-- Provided by publisher At the height of the Red Scare, Angela Calomiris was a paid FBI informant inside the American Communist Party. As a Greenwich Village photographer, Calomiris spied on the New York Photo League, pioneers in documentary photography. While local Party officials may have had their sus-picions about her sexuality, her apparent dedication to the cause won them over. When Calomiris testified for the prosecution at the 1949 Smith Act trial of the Party's National Board, her identity as an informant (but not as a lesbian) was revealed. Her testimony sent eleven party leaders to prison and decimated the ranks of the Communist Party in the US.__Undercover Girl__ viii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cm