2019-12-28T16:45:22-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/80c/20191228165305003_hd.jpgJournalist Liza Mundy talked about her book, Code Girls: The Untold Story of the ...

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A World War II code breaker who helped hunt down Nazi U-boats turns 100 on Tuesday and will be honored with a parade past her house in Pittsburgh. Julia Parsons, who served in the Women Accepted for ...

Julia Parsons knows how to keep a secret. She was tight-lipped about one for more than 50 years. Parsons, 99, of Forest Hills, was a code-breaker in World War II. She served in the U.S. Navy’s WAVES ...

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy, Hachette Books, 416 pages If you were accomplishing remarkable things in an unusual field of expertise, ...

Julia Parsons, of Forest Hills, was a 20-year-old college student at Carnegie Tech in December 1941."The news of Pearl Harbor came over the radio, and I was so shocked. I had no idea where Pearl ...

Before 150,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy for the military operation that would later be known as D-Day, few people outside the military knew what was in the works. One of the rare ...

Next week, as the culmination of the Yakima Valley Reads program, we’ll be hosting a virtual event with Kate Quinn, bestselling author of this year’s featured book, “The Rose Code,” in addition to ...

Best-selling author Kate Quinn probes archives for inspirational people to write about. “I look for untold women’s stories in history — women of the past who wow me with their courage and unsung ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- A Chesterfield County post office is being renamed after World War II code breaker and former Midlothian resident Dorothy Braden Bruce. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England unveiled the design of a new banknote celebrating mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War Two with his code-breaking skills but is believed ...