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Title Code girls : the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II / Liza Mundy.
Publisher New York : Hachette Books, 2018.
Copyright ©2017
Description xiv, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles on endpapers, photographs ; 21 cm
Edition First trade edition.


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 EI-Adult Collection  940.5486 MUN Nearby on shelf  30626003371842 10-16-21  DUE 04-25-24
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: your country needs you, young ladies -- Part I. In the event of total war women will be needed -- Twenty-eight acres of girls -- This is a man's size job but I seem to be getting away with it -- The most difficult problem -- So many girls in one place -- Part II. Over all this vast expanse of water Japan was supreme -- It was heart-rending -- Q for communications -- The forlorn shoe -- Hell's half-acre -- It's only human to complain -- Pencil-pushing mamas sink the shipping of Japan -- Part III. The tide turns -- Sugar camp -- All my love, Jim -- Enemy landing at the mouth of the Seine -- Teedy -- The missionary and the surrender message -- The train platform -- Epilogue.
Summary "Documents the pivotal contributions of more than 10,000 American women who served as codebreakers during World War II, detailing how their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives and enabled their subsequent careers, in an account that also reveals the strict practice of secrecy that nearly erased their efforts from history." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
Cryptographers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Cryptography -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Other title Untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II
ISBN 9780316352543