Code Girls - How American Women Helped Win World War II

Code Girls - How American Women Helped Win World War II

From History and Hearsay by Christina

May 18, 2026 · 37 min · Season 4

About this episode

This episode discusses the contributions of American women as Codebreakers during World War II.

#history #codebreakers #womeninWWII In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the American women who worked as Codebreakers during WWII ►Sources:https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/10/the-secret-history-of-the-women-code-breakers-who-helped-defeat-the-nazis-215694/ Waves: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/manning-the-us-navy/waves.html Book Recommendation: Code Girls - The true story of the American women who secretly broke codes in World War II - By Liza Mundy / https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316352543/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_X84PKGTMKDYTV1X5M7CG?linkCode=ml1&tag=christinadepi-20&linkId=4a9029646f4b46112e6bf5b718ec7511 https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/code-girls-records https://www.archives.gov/files/calendar/know-your-records/handouts-presentations/2020-03-11-presentation.pdf Code Breaker -Fran Pearlmutter: https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/2018/she-was-a-world-war-ii-codebreaker/ Code Breaker -Dorothy Ramale: https://www.iup.edu/news-events/news/2021/03/code-cracker.html…

People in this episode

Host: Christina

Topics covered

  • American women
  • Codebreakers
  • World War II
  • history
  • women in WWII

Keywords

  • Code Girls
  • women codebreakers
  • WWII
  • Liza Mundy
  • Fran Pearlmutter
  • Dorothy Ramale
  • history

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