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- In the 1930s, Elizebeth Smith Friedman became America’s and indeed the world’s best-known codebreaker.
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Mar 4, 2021 · In March 1942, an American codebreaker named Elizebeth Smith Friedman made a horrifying discovery: Nazi spies in Latin America had located a large Allied supply ship named the Queen Mary...
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Oct 6, 2017 · Elizebeth cut her teeth as a codebreaker during Prohibition in the unlikely role of interdicting rumrunners. Set the scene for us—and describe how she reacted to becoming a minor celebrity.
Elizebeth Smith Friedman (August 26, 1892 – October 31, 1980) was an American cryptanalyst and author who deciphered enemy codes in both World Wars and helped to solve international smuggling cases during Prohibition.
Dec 27, 2017 · The World War II-era FBI may have taken credit, but it was really the work of Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
By 1931, the Coast Guard created its first official codebreaking unit led by Smith Friedman. She became the key witness for many court cases to convict some of the most dangerous men in the world like, most famously, Al Capone.
Sep 6, 2018 · She was now the most famous codebreaker in the world, more famous even than Herbert Yardley, the impresario of the American Black Chamber. And she was more famous than her husband, too — a reversal from the longstanding pattern. Elizebeth Friedman, circa 1940s, with her handwritten cryptanalysis.
Jan 11, 2021 · Elizebeth S. Friedman was one of the brightest codebreakers of her generation. But her biggest achievement—uncovering a Nazi spy ring—was kept secret her whole life.
