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Code Girls

The riveting story of the USA's courageous and accomplished WWII female American...

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Discuss Code Girls by Liza Mundy

Most of the women were children of the Depression. How do you feel this impacted their decision to enlist, if at all?

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Oct. 10, 2018
by dianaps

What does it mean that the organizational hierarchy of Arlington Hall was relatively "flat"? How do you think this was beneficial to the code girls?

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Oct. 10, 2018
by dianaps

What might have caused such diversity and co-operation in the WAVES, and how do you think this changed after the war, if at all?

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Oct. 10, 2018
by dianaps

What skills and characteristics did the military look for in the women? How do you believe stereotypes about women were employed or challenged in the recruitment effort?

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Oct. 16, 2018
by juliaa

How do you imagine World War Two affected personal and romantic relationships? What were Americans' attitudes toward marriage then—and did those change at all for the "code girls" generation?

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Oct. 17, 2018
by kathleenb

What do you believe were the challenges for many of the women after the war?

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Oct. 17, 2018
by kathleenb

Why do you think Dot Braden and Ruth "Crow" Weston became such great friends? If they had met in other circumstances would have gotten along just as well?

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Oct. 17, 2018
by kathleenb

How do you imagine that keeping secrets, however necessary, might affect a person's relationships or her identity in the world?

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Oct. 17, 2018
by kathleenb

Do you think the women employed as civilian code-breakers faced challenges that their enlisted male counterparts did not?

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Oct. 18, 2018
by teachlz

The Army and Navy went about recruiting women differently. Do you think one of the branches had better results? Why or why not?

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Oct. 19, 2018
by joannev

What were the particular successes and struggles of Agnes Driscoll? Why might she have eventually resorted to extreme measures to retain her authority?

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Oct. 19, 2018
by joannev

Do you believe the women had an impact beyond the end of the war, and if so, what?

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Oct. 19, 2018
by marianned

Frank Raven, while acknowledging the skills of the women, also concluded that many of were "damn pretty gals." What effect might this statement and the perspective of people like Raven have had on the women and their work?

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Oct. 21, 2018
by PattiPM

Why do you think the services considered women more suitable for code-breaking work than men? There are still professions today where one sex is favored over the other. Do you think this will ever change?

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Oct. 23, 2018
by llsmill

Do you think the women's motivations for signing up as code breakers differed from those of the men?

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Nov. 07, 2018
by inkdrunnergirl

Overall, what did you think of Code Girls? (no spoilers in this thread please)

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Nov. 07, 2018
by inkdrunnergirl

In what ways do you find that America at war today is different than it was during past wars? Why do you feel this has changed over the decades?

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Nov. 07, 2018
by inkdrunnergirl

Why do you think these women's contributions to cryptanalysis remained a secret for so long?

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Nov. 07, 2018
by inkdrunnergirl

What challenges do you think women still face in the military today? What is your view of women serving in combat positions?

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Nov. 10, 2018
by deloresc

Mundy suggests that many of the code-breaking women advanced the feminist movement. Do you agree?

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Nov. 24, 2018
by juliaa

Did any of the women stand out for you? Whose story most moved you?

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Nov. 24, 2018
by juliaa

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