The “Code Smasher” Elizebeth Smith Friedman
from Backstory with Larry Potash
Recruited by an eccentric millionaire to search for hidden messages in Shakespeare’s works, Elizebeth Smith Friedman became a pioneering code breaker who took on the Nazis and the mob. Her story has been buried by secrecy and sexism for nearly a century - until now. Watch this full story on the Backstory TV show.
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Pioneering code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman took on the Nazis and the mob, but her story has been buried by secrecy and sexism for nearly a century.
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This episode was published on February 18, 2019.
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