Nice enjoyable book about Elizebeth Smith Freedman, a cryptoanalyst women with an interesting life history, largely ignored by history in favour of her more famous husband William. Her career spans both World Wars as well as Prohibition, and she seems to have been a really nice woman, with a great professional and work ethic, nice interests and values, and a charming personality. I have to admit that I skipped over some of the more technical crypto bits - I'm sure others wouldn't even have found them very tricky, but it's never been my thing.
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