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Here is a list of past presentations at ICCH. The most recent presentation is at the top. Click on each listing to reveal more information below, including the speaker, presentation description and to access recordings.

Note: Effort has been made to ensure that the information on each presentation is accurate and up-to-date. To suggest a correction please contact the ICCH webmaster Patrick Hayes at info@cryptologichistory.org.

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Elizebeth Smith Friedman: Poet, Codebreaker, Nazi Hunter

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March 20, 2022 5:00 PM
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How did a 23-year-old schoolteacher from rural Indiana become one of the government's most effective secret weapons, a master puzzle-solver who used mere pencil and paper to catch gangsters during Prohibition and solve enemy messages in both world wars? I will reveal the surprising and world-changing life and career of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, one of the greatest codebreakers of the 20th century.

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April 28, 2022

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Archived Presentations

Here is a list of past presentations at ICCH. The most recent presentation is at the top. Click on each listing to reveal more information below, including the speaker, as well as the presentation date and description. Presentation recordings are available separately, in the ICCH Portal.

To view upcoming ICCH presentations, click here.

Note: Effort has been made to ensure that the information on each presentation is accurate and up-to-date. To suggest a correction please contact the ICCH webmaster Patrick Hayes at info@cryptologichistory.org.

Presentation:

Elizebeth Smith Friedman: Poet, Codebreaker, Nazi Hunter

Speaker(s):
Date & time (UTC/GMT):
March 20, 2022 5:00 PM
Description:

How did a 23-year-old schoolteacher from rural Indiana become one of the government's most effective secret weapons, a master puzzle-solver who used mere pencil and paper to catch gangsters during Prohibition and solve enemy messages in both world wars? I will reveal the surprising and world-changing life and career of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, one of the greatest codebreakers of the 20th century.

Page last updated:

April 28, 2022

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