Cracking the code

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 8 a.m.

b"This week, let's add a chapter to our history books because this episode of Thick & Thin is dedicated to Elizebeth Smith Friedman \\u2013\\u2013 America's first female cryptanalyst. As a literal codebreaker, she busted drug smugglers and helped derail Nazi spies but never got the recognition she deserved.\\xa0\\n\\n// Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte //\\n\\nSources:\\xa0\\nhttps://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/Historical-Figures-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/\\nhttps://www.europeana.eu/en/blog/francis-bacon-shakespeare-and-secret-societies\\nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pbs-film-tells-story-wwii-codebreaker-elizabeth-friedman-180976759/\\nhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/elizebeth-smith-friedman\\nhttps://time.com/5928583/elizebeth-friedman-codebreaker/\\nhttps://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/april/mother-cryptology\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"