This episode, which discusses Liza Mundy’s book, Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II, delves into the history of American women cryptanalysts and code breakers.

Tune into this episode to learn:

• How science used pseudoscientific gender biases to justify the exclusion of women

• How Darwin influenced societal gender expectations and beliefs

• The difference between an American housewife and an American woman code breaker

• How education was seen as a bad thing for women to attain

• How educated women saved American troops during WWII

• How the 1950s narrative suggested women want to marry young and the evidence that showed they’d rather work

• How women contributed to a combined ¾ of all code breakers in the American Navy and US Army, during WWII

• How the return of men from war meant women being slowly pushed back into the domestic role

Books referenced:

• Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

• The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini

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