This week, let's add a chapter to our history books because this episode of Thick & Thin is dedicated to Elizebeth Smith Friedman –– America's first female cryptanalyst. As a literal codebreaker, she busted drug smugglers and helped derail Nazi spies but never got the recognition she deserved. 

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Sources: 

https://www.nsa.gov/History/Cryptologic-History/Historical-Figures/Historical-Figures-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/

https://www.europeana.eu/en/blog/francis-bacon-shakespeare-and-secret-societies

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pbs-film-tells-story-wwii-codebreaker-elizabeth-friedman-180976759/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizebeth-smith-friedman

https://time.com/5928583/elizebeth-friedman-codebreaker/

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/april/mother-cryptology

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