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Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis' Secret Codes
Marissa Moss
Illustrator: Marissa Moss
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Abrams BFYR/Abrams
ISBN: 978-1-4197-6731-9
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Cryptography, World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, Federal Bureau of Investigation, STEM, Ciphers, Sex discrimination
A remarkable woman cryptographer worked tirelessly from World War I to her death in 1980 to decipher the messages of criminals and spies. Greyscale graphic-novel style illustrations. Archival photos. Extensive back matter.