02446cam a2200349 i 4500 329440489 TxAuBib 20170928120000.0 170918s2017||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u bl2017039157 9780316439893 30.00 0316439894 30.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Mundy, Liza, 1960- Code girls [LARGE PRINT] : the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II / Liza Mundy. Untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II, The. Large print edition, First edition. New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2017. xiv, 620 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-620). The secret letters -- Introduction: "Your country needs you, young ladies" -- Part I. "In the event of total war women will be needed" -- Twenty-eight acres of girls -- "This is a man's size job, but I seem to be getting away with it" -- The most difficult problem -- "So many girls in one place" -- Part II. "Over all this vast expanse of waters Japan was supreme" -- "It was heart-rending" -- "Q for communications" -- The forlorn shoe -- "Hell's half-acre" -- "It was only human to complain" -- Pencil-pushing mamas sink the shipping of Japan -- Part III. The tide turns -- Sugar camp -- "All my love, Jim" -- "Enemy landing at the mouth of the Seine" -- Teedy -- The surrender message -- Good-bye to Crow -- Epilogue: The mitten. Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. 20171012. Cryptographers United States History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female. Cryptography United States History 20th century. Large print books.