About Mildred Gillars
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars (née Sisk; November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988) was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, Gillars became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States. In March 1949, she was sentenced to ten to thirty years' imprisonment. Gillars was paroled in 1961. Along with Rita Zucca she was nicknamed "Axis Sally". == Early life == She was born Mildred Elizabeth Sisk in Portland, Maine, to parents Vincent Sisk and Mae Hewitson. After her mother and father divorced, she took the surname Gillars in 1911 when her mother married Robert Bruce Gillars. Her family resided in Bellevue, Ohio, where Robert Gillars was a dentist. At 16, she moved to Conneaut, Ohio with her family. In 1918, she enrolled at Ohio Wesleyan University to study dramatic arts, but left without graduating. Gillars then moved to Greenwich Village, New York City, where she worked in various low-skilled jobs to finance drama lessons.
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