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- Nellie Solange Strong Hertz (née Strong; January 1, 1920 – October 3, 2015) was an American traditionalist Catholic author, who published almost two dozen books on Catholicism, and wrote for notable magazines including The Remnant and America. Her writings were strongly conservative and defended topics such as capital punishment, monarchy, and gender roles. She was also the first woman to ever be offered a scholarship to Georgetown University, though she instead elected to attend American University, at the age of 15. In 1965, she received national media and federal attention during the Vietnam War when her husband, Gustav Crane Hertz, was kidnapped by Viet Cong guerrillas in Saigon. The highest ranking prisoner ever captured by the Viet Cong, Gustav's kidnapping spurred several failed government negotiations to rescue him, including a proposed prisoner swap that was rejected by the White House. Political figures including Robert F. Kennedy, Cherif Guellal, Abba P. Schwartz, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, and Norodom Sihanouk were all directly involved with the case, with several of them having directly communicated with Solange. In 1967, following two years of negotiations, all attempts at rescue ultimately failed when Gustav perished from malaria in captivity. Gustav's body was finally returned to Solange and buried in their hometown after three decades. (en)
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- Nellie Solange Strong Hertz (née Strong; January 1, 1920 – October 3, 2015) was an American traditionalist Catholic author, who published almost two dozen books on Catholicism, and wrote for notable magazines including The Remnant and America. Her writings were strongly conservative and defended topics such as capital punishment, monarchy, and gender roles. She was also the first woman to ever be offered a scholarship to Georgetown University, though she instead elected to attend American University, at the age of 15. (en)
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