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

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By Liza Mundy ’82

Published Nov. 16, 2017

The U.S. Army and Navy recruited more than 10,000 women as code breakers during World War II. Code Girls (Hachette Books) is a meticulously researched account of their efforts that shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers that they, as women, would have been previously denied.

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