A Tragic Hunting Accident
Virginia lost her left leg permanently in a hunting accident at the mere age of 27. She then had to survive on a wooden prosthetic leg. From then onwards, Virginia’s amputee status proved to be the bane of her existence.
Virginia Hall is receiving the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945 from OSS chief General Donovan. Source: Wikipedia
It did not matter that she was born to a wealthy family. Nor did it matter that she had an immense command over languages and possessed an array of knowledge regarding Europe like no one else her age. Her dreams were constantly thwarted because of her wooden leg.