“They were pioneers of computer science and coding.”
Zehra Fazal tells the story of a band of Wellesley seniors who secretly became codebreakers in WWII, credited with shortening the war by at least a year. When asked what they were doing in the Department of Defense they were told to say, “Sharpening pencils and emptying trash cans.” No one doubted it. Check out this clandestine tale about these brilliant, brave young women.
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Wellesley Codebreakers
The Wellesley Codebreakers were female students recruited by the U.S. military to break Japanese and German military codes during World War II, whose work for the Army and Navy laid the foundation for the NSA.
