How Elizebeth Smith Went From Schoolteacher To One Of America's Greatest Code-Breakers
The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 4, 2017
Elizebeth Smith is a little-known American code-breaker who played a crucial role in cracking enemy communications in both world wars. Journalist Jason Fagone traces her life in his new biography, The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies. The book looks at her origins as a school teacher, her relationship with her husband, the eminent cryptologist William Friedman, and how her work became a game changer in the spy world.
