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 <a href="https://wgntv.com/2018/11/06/how-an-indiana-schoolteacher-became-an-american-enemy-code-smasher/" target="_blank">on the Backstory TV show</a>.

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.

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 <a href="https://wgntv.com/2018/11/06/how-an-indiana-schoolteacher-became-an-american-enemy-code-smasher/" rel="noopener noreferrer">on the Backstory TV show</a>.

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