This Woman Saved the Americas From the Nazis - National Geographic
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Elizabeth Friedman was a poet who actually turned out to be quite possibly the best and most efficient code breakers for the United States to ever produce. She was raised in Quakerism and in Indiana. She taught herself how to solve secret messages without knowing the key. Jason Fagone illustrates her life and countless accomplishments in his book The Woman Who Smashed Codes and argues that J. Edgar Hoover simply benched Friedman's works. Elizabeth Friedman caught gangsters and organized crime kingpins. She also hunted Nazi spies during World War II and lead the United States in what could be referred to as the "the invisible war."
This article was written by Simon Worrall of the National Geographic magazine. There is no doubt in my mind as to how we truly ought to actually know Elizabeth Friedman's name and her absolutely magnificent efficiency in code breaking. Thanks to her and hard working individuals of the sort, we were able to intercept and track messages in her height work that was done during World War II.
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Elizabeth Friedman was a poet who actually turned out to be quite possibly the best and most efficient code breakers for the United States to ever produce. She was raised in Quakerism and in Indiana. She taught herself how to solve secret messages without knowing the key. Jason Fagone illustrates her life and countless accomplishments in his book The Woman Who Smashed Codes and argues that J. Edgar Hoover simply benched Friedman's works. Elizabeth Friedman caught gangsters and organized crime kingpins. She also hunted Nazi spies during World War II and lead the United States in what could be referred to as the "the invisible war."
This article was written by Simon Worrall of the National Geographic magazine. There is no doubt in my mind as to how we truly ought to actually know Elizabeth Friedman's name and her absolutely magnificent efficiency in code breaking. Thanks to her and hard working individuals of the sort, we were able to intercept and track messages in her height work that was done during World War II.
That's super crazy; also it's pretty sad to see yet another influential woman's work stolen by a man in power or just plain forgotten
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see that women are still influencing history as we know it
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