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Alumna nicknamed ‘mother of cryptology’ gets PBS documentary
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January 28, 2021July 12, 2022News

Alumna nicknamed ‘mother of cryptology’ gets PBS documentary

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Hillsdale alumna Elizebeth Smith Friedman’s life story came to the small screen this month when she was featured in an episode of the PBS documentary series “American Experience.”  The Jan. 11 episode, titled “The Codebreaker,” focused on the 1915 graduate’s groundbreaking contributions to the art and science of codebreaking, which she developed with her husband,...