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

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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.