The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone

The Woman Who Smashed Codes
by Jason Fagone [Biography Friedman] 

Many people may have heard of William Friedman one of the first cryptologists for the US Army, but not many know about his wife Elizebeth. She, too, was a cryptologist working along side her husband for many years. She worked for the Coast Guard during Prohibition and went on to work for the US Treasury Department. This is a fascinating study of cryptography and of Elizebeth’s life. Though Mr. Fagone becomes bogged down in the concepts of cryptography, he does a great job discussing her life and her lifelong work.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Code girls : the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II, by Liza Mundy, The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II, by Denise Kiernan or The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women, by Katie Moore]

[ official The Girl Who Smashed Codes page on the official Jason Fagone web site ]

Recommended by Marcy G.
South Branch Library

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