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Woman All Spies Fear, The: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
Amy Butler Greenfield
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Random House Studio/RHCB
ISBN: 978-0-593-12719-3
Keywords: Cryptographers, Women's achievemenets, Spies, Antisemitism, World War I [1914-1919], World War II [1939-1945]
A pioneer in the field of cryptography, Friedman and her husband developed code-breaking techniques, saving thousands of lives from WWI to the 1960s. Photographs. Extensive back matter.