Elizebeth Friedman

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11th grade Math Mind Map on Elizebeth Friedman, created by Joseph Gianotti on 05/03/2021.
Joseph Gianotti
Mind Map by Joseph Gianotti, updated more than 1 year ago
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Elizebeth Friedman
  1. Born 1892
    1. America’s first female cryptanalyst
      1. Married William Friedman, a colleague at Riverbank
        1. Used cryptology against international smuggling and drug running
    2. Youth & Studies
      1. BA in English literature from Hillsdale college
        1. Had also studied latin, greek, and German
      2. Teach & Researcher
        1. Was a high school principle
          1. Employed with the Newberry Research Library in Chicago
            1. 1916 joined George Fabyan’s private “think tank” at Riverbank
              1. To prove that Sir Francis Bacon had authored Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets using a cipher that was contained within
                1. Riverbank was the only facility capable of exploiting and solving enciphered messages until the creation of the Army’s cipher bureau
                2. 1921 moved to Washington DC to work for the war department
                  1. 1923 employed as a cryptanalyst for the navy
                    1. Post-WWII she created communications security systems for the international monetary fund
          2. Later Years
            1. Collaborated on a book entitled “The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined”
              1. She devoted much of her retirement to compiling a library and bibliography of William’s work
                1. 1980 died in Plainfield, NJ
                2. Won awards from the Folger Shakespeare library and the American Shakespeare theatre and academy
              2. Contributions
                1. led the cryptanalytic effort against international smuggling and drug-running radio encoded messages
                  1. Convinced congress of the need to create a headquartered, seven-man cryptanalytic section
                    1. Deciphered messages and testified against Velvalee Dickinson known as the doll woman, a notorious spy for Japan
                      1. Helped decipher messages that led to many arrests and convictions during the prohibition era
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