Sharing the Burden: Women Working in American Cryptology During WWII (Repeat with no changes)

Course | Registration opens 8/12/2024 8:00 AM EDT

OLLI York Online class York, PA 17403 United States

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9/12/2024 (one day)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM EDT on Th

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$20.00

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This presentation presents the role and achievements of women working in American cryptology during WWII. Breaking enemy secrets required the skills of gifted men and women in mathematics and language. With men being sent overseas, women were needed to fill the void and thousands joined the cryptologic field as civilians and women in the military. Some helped by doing the day-to-day tasks required for breaking the Germans' Enigma encrypted messages, while others were key players in solving the Japanese fleet code. These are their stories.

Jennifer Wilcox has been the director of education for the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum since 1999. For more than twenty years, a primary function of Wilcox’s work has been researching, creating, and presenting educational programs for students and adults, covering a wide range of cryptologic topics, including women in American cryptology, Native American code talkers, Civil War signaling, and cryptology in the American Revolution, as well as the popular Enigma story.