Just finished listening to audiobook of The Woman Who Smashed Codes. It's an excellent, historically true story about the life and MANY important achievements of Elizabeth Smith Friedman, who broke codes and defeated enemy spies in World War I and World War II. It's an engaging listen and a fascinating window into the early cryptographic world.

It's also yet another of those bits of history that was almost lost because, sigh, it was about a woman. And because Hoover and the FBI took credit for some critical things she her husband did at the Coast Guard. It's really heartening to see these stories being brought out. The research work that is apparent in the telling is really awesome.

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Woman-Who-Smashed-Codes-Audiobook/B075K5P8HR

#History #HerStory #STEM
#Cryptology #Encryption #Ciphers #NSA #FBI #CIA #CoastGuard
#Turing #Enigma #BletchleyPark
#Hitler #Nazi #Spies #CoastGuard #Smuggling
#Audiobook #Book
#GoodReads #GoodListens

"Shatzi Weisberger, Activist Legend Known as the People’s Bubbie, Has Died at 92" 😭 :heart_pride: https://www.them.us/story/shatzi-weisberger-the-peoples-bubbie-activist-obituary #Herstory

I've just learnt about the Watson Chateau, a landmark of Austin’s LGBTQ history that we need to save from demolition! Read this intro https://www.preservationaustin.org/news/watston-chateau-2022-most-endangered and check this detailed history https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/58a38b6efbd844c5abfb99b630a38da4
Thanks Preservation Austin nonprofit. #Austin #HERstory

#OnThisDay 1961 wird Elisabeth #Schwarzhaupt als erste Frau in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik als Ministerin vereidigt. Die promovierte Juristin übernimmt die Spitze des neu geschaffenen Gesundheitsministeriums. Sie bleibt bis 1966 im Amt. #HERstory #history

#OnThisDay 1869 wird Helene Stöcker geboren. Schwerpunkt ihres Engagements in der #Frauenbewegung ist die Sexualpolitik. 1905 gründet sie den Bund für Mutterschutz. Ledige Mütter und die Kinder sollen besser gestellt werden. Sie setzt sich auch für Abtreibung und Verhütung ein. #HERstory

RT @librarycongress@twitter.com

A #HERstory alert ♀️ ahead of Veterans Day: Let's take a moment to remember the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. They were the first American women trained to fly military aircraft, but were considered civil servants at the time, not military. 🧵

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/librarycongress/status/1590380396365037568

RT @DiePolierer@twitter.com

Als 14jährige schrieb Eva Mamlok "NIEDER MIT HITLER" auf das Dach eines Kaufhauses.

Für das Niederlegen von Blumen am Grab von #RosaLuxemburg kam sie erneut in Haft.

Unbeirrt baute sie später eine jüdisch-antifaschistische Frauengruppe auf.

🌹
#HERstory #RosaLux #JewishAntifa

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DiePolierer/status/1367737540908814339

[婦女權益促進發展基金會推文] @WomensRightsTW@twitter.com: Women who made history💪💪💪 #HERstory #EqualEverywhere #EqualityTaiwan https://to.twngo.xyz/2TE7EC5