The neglected giant : Agnes Meyer Driscoll / Kevin Wade Johnson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Kevin Wade, author.

Contributor:

United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service. Center for Cryptologic History, issuing body.

Series:

Center for Cryptologic History special series ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Driscoll, Alice Meyer, 1889-1971.

Driscoll, Alice Meyer.

Cryptographers--United States--Biography.

Cryptographers.

United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

Biographies

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (66 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Other Title:

Agnes Meyer Driscoll

Place of Publication:

[Fort Meade, Maryland] : National Security Agency, Center for Cryptologic History, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Although Agnes May Meyer, later Agnes May Driscoll, was the Navy's principal cryptanalyst of many years, spent over 40 years in cryptology, became a member of the Cryptologic Hall of Honor, and has principal credit for personally breaking two major codes/ciphers, she was curiously neglected during her career and after. Never credited with as much as she believed was her due, never promoted in grade with her peers, even now she is not always ranked with those she regarded as peers. Although considered one of the giants of American cryptology, she is nevertheless rarely mentioned in the same breath as a William Friedman or a Laurance Safford, even though she began her code and cipher work in 1918, contemporary with Friedman. Should she be ranked with them? Has she been neglected by history? We will consider exactly that."--Page 3

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-66).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (NSA, viewed October 19, 2016).

OCLC:

960913085