Code Girls The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

[niyad]

[usaf-vet]

1. Bletchley Park.... American Style

Congratulation 'Code Girls' for finally getting your story told.

For those interested in WW II Code breaking and the German Enigma machine.

Here are books about this topic. [link:http://tinyurl.com/y79n2dj6|

My dad was a WW II radioman who spent months in a jungle radio station in South America intercepting German U-Boat message in the South Atlantic.

The U-Boats where hunting and sinking allied supply ships that were bring troops and materials to support the fight going on in North Africa. Chasing Rommel. [link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Korps|

[niyad]

7. your father certainly had a dangerous job. thank you for sharing this information with us.

[DK504]

2. So we had Rosie the Riveter, Navajo Code Talkers and now the ladies of code breakers.

Along with Hidden Figures ladies, so much for being respectful of women right Kelly?

[CousinIT]

3. Don't forget the women of ENIAC.

https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/07/31/eniac-programmers/

[erpowers]

4. Amazing and Sad

It is amazing that women played such a large role in the history of World War II and science. It is so sad that so many seem to have, for years, tried to hide the contributions of women in science. It is crazy how certain people try to claim that women are not capable of working in the tech world and then you find out that women once dominated things like computer programming because those in charge believed the work was too menial for men. Once the work gained more prestige then women were pushed aside and had their stories hidden.

[CousinIT]

5. Exactly. Women mathematicians were the first computers and programmers

Until men decided to take over the field -- then the women's historical role was buried.

[niyad]

9. Ada Lovelace, Gladys Hopper, Hedy Lamarr. . . . .and the list goes on, and on. . .

[niyad]

8. thank you for posting this.

would you please x-post it in women's rights and issues?

[CousinIT]

12. DONE.

[niyad]

11. not to mention, SACRED!

[smirkymonkey]

6. There is a great PBS series called "The Bletchley Circle" which is about

a group of former female code breakers from Bletchley Park who have gone back to their mundane lives as wives, mothers and menial workers. These brilliant women come together to solve a crime involving a serial killer using their specialized skills as former code breakers. It's really worth a watch if you ever get the chance.

The sad thing is that these women - many of them brilliant - had no opportunities once they left service. They could be wives, mothers, teachers, secretaries or hold other low paying, mundane jobs. But nothing that challenged them or allowed them to make use of their skills and intelligence. Many of them just withered on the vine.

[niyad]

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