In the 1930s, Elizebeth Friedman graced the covers of newspapers and was profiled by Reader’s Digest. She was a tireless and talented code breaker who brought down gangsters and Nazi spies. But after ...

"The Codebreaker," premiering this week on PBS' "American Experience," tells the story of Elizebeth Friedman, a visionary American codebreaker who established our decryption programs during World War ...

Jason Fagone, The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies G. Stuart Smith, A Life in Code: Pioneer Cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith ...

"No code is ever completely solved, you know." It's quite a time to be reading The Woman Who Smashed Codes. Subtitled The True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's ...

Friedman first became something of a celebrity during the Prohibition era, when the Coast Guard—faced with a ceaseless flood of liquor coming into the country by ship—persuaded her to turn her ...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Codebreaker” tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S.

When Jason Fagone discovered the subject of his new book, “The Woman Who Smashed Codes,” he felt as if he were stumbling on buried treasure. “You get these moments sometimes as a journalist, if you’re ...

Elizebeth Friedman, known as the country’s first female cryptanalyst, was an essential leader in her field — even uncovering a secret Nazi spy ring in World War II. And yet, few people remember her ...

This year, the "One Book, One Batavia" selection will be "The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies" by Jason Fagone. Read the ...

Elizebeth Friedman and her husband William in an unnamed, undated photo. Elizebeth Smith Friedman was born to a Quaker family in rural Indiana, but a meeting with an eccentric millionaire who believed ...