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We explore a helpful approach for handling important tasks that can’t be dealt with at present, by stashing them in the metaphorical "messy closet" without guilt. Our happiness hack offers expert advice for managing social situations with difficult people. We also feature a special interview with legendary author Judy Blume about fostering a love of reading, her experiences with book banning, and insights from owning an indie bookstore. Resources & Links Related to this episode: Pre-order your copy of Secrets of Adulthood Join me on book tour starting April 1, 2025 Take the Four Tendencies quiz Elizabeth is reading: Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy (Amazon, Bookshop) Gretchen is reading: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (Amazon, Bookshop) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The La Vernia-based Susanna Dickinson chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) met on Feb. 11 in the Church of Christ fellowship hall in La Vernia. The Book Club met at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the book, Code Girls — The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II. Authored by Liza Mundy, the book includes actual photographs of the enigma machine the women constructed and various photos of these remarkable women who, according to Stephen Chamberlain, operations officer for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, “shortened the war and helped save thousands of lives.”...Article Link

Journalist Liza Mundy's new history of the world's most storied spy service focuses on the women of the CIA, who for decades worked in jobs that men found less glamorous or career enhancing, and that proved vital to the interests of U.S. national security. The Sisterhood covers practically the entire history of the agency, from its pre-World War II days as the Office of Strategic Services, through the Cold War and the 9/11 attacks, followed by the successful hunt for Osama bin Laden. Shane Harris spoke with Mundy about why she decided to write about the women of the CIA and what that story reveals about the hidden history of the agency. Mundy's previous book, Code Girls, was about American women who worked as code breakers during WWII. Among the works mentioned in this episode:The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653184/the-sisterhood-by-liza-mundy/ Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/liza-mundy/code-girls/9780316352550/?lens=hachette-books Mundy's website: http://www.lizamundy.com/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Liza Mundy's new history of the world's most storied spy service focuses on the women of the CIA, who for decades worked in jobs that men found less glamorous or career enhancing, and that proved vital to the interests of U.S. national security. The Sisterhood covers practically the entire history of the agency, from its pre-World War II days as the Office of Strategic Services, through the Cold War and the 9/11 attacks, followed by the successful hunt for Osama bin Laden. Shane Harris spoke with Mundy about why she decided to write about the women of the CIA and what that story reveals about the hidden history of the agency. Mundy's previous book, Code Girls, was about American women who worked as code breakers during WWII. Among the works mentioned in this episode:The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653184/the-sisterhood-by-liza-mundy/ Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/liza-mundy/code-girls/9780316352550/?lens=hachette-books Mundy's website: http://www.lizamundy.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hafnium visits Belgium. “Low-sophistication” attacks on operational technology. Updates on healthcare sector ransomware attacks in New Zealand and Ireland. Wipers masquerading as ransomware. “Privateers” are defined as a new category of threat actor. TSA’s new standards for pipeline security. The World Economic Forum has advice for Boards in the oil and gas sector. Rick Howard interviews Liza Mundy on her book "Code Girls - The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II". Joe Carrigan describes fraudulent search engine ad buys. And as one criminal is sentenced, eight more are arrested. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/101

(Rock Hill, S.C.) -- Jeuel Bannister Esmacher was a junior at Winthrop University -- known then as Winthrop College -- in 1943 when the military took over Bancroft Hall to set up classes and living space for the Army Air Corps Cadet Training Program. It was at that time, during the height of World War II, when Esmacher, now 97, was first introduced to cryptology. Esmacher -- who currently lives in Anderson, but grew up in Starr, S.C. -- was one of 10,000 women who worked for the Army and Navy as codebreakers during World War II. Her story was unknown, until it was featured in the 2017 award-winning and New York Times best-selling book, "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II," which interviewed several women about their secret work during the war. The Palmetto Report's Audrey Burriss speaks with Esmacher about her experience as a codebreaker.

Cyber has evolved with technological advancements, but the workforce behind cyber may be evolving too. Bush School student and cyber expert Amanda Custer shares with us the major cyber issues facing America and the prospects of women in cyber for the near and distant future. Amanda has kindly shared some links below for people who wish to learn more!Huckins, Grace. 2021. “As More Women Enter Science, It's Time to Redefine Mentorship.” Wired. (February 23, 2021).Huntington-Klein, Nick, and Elaine Rose. 2018. “A Study of West Point Shows How Women Help Each Other Advance.” Harvard Business Review. (February 23, 2021).“Cybersecurity Professionals Stand Up to a Pandemic: (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, 2020”.Kovacevic, Andrej. 2020. “Solving the Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap in Two Simple Steps.” Infosecurity Magazine. (February 23, 2021).Mundy, Liza. 2017. Code Girls The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II.“The STEM Gap: Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.” AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881. (February 23, 2021).“Women and Information Technology by the Numbers.” 2020.“Women in Cybersecurity.” Cybersecurity Guide. (February 23, 2021).To listen to our episode with Ed Wynn discussing civility in politics, click HERE.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/friendsfellowcitizens)

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Happy Veteran's Day this weekend!  This bonus episode is dedicated to all those that have served and continue to serve. I love history and also love learning about the military service of other people.  On this episode, I had the great opportunity to combine those two things when talking with Liza Mundy about her new book, Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of WWII.   This isn't something we ever learned about in history class but it's a story that needs to be heard...by everyone.  Liza shares the story of these remarkable women in a real, memorable way.  I appreciate all the work she did to uncover this history and make it possible for these women's service to be recognized and appreciated.  ENJOY! More on Liza... Liza Mundy is the New York Times bestselling author of The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family and Michelle: A Biography. She was a long-time reporter at the Washington Post and has contributed to numerous publications including The Atlantic, TIME, The New Republic, Slate, Mother Jones, and Politico. She is a frequent commentator on prominent national television shows, radio, and online news outlets. A senior fellow at New America, Mundy is one of the nation's foremost experts on women and work issues. More on the book... In 1942, reeling from Japan’s devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States military launched a secret program to recruit young, female college graduates to serve as code breakers in the newly ramped up war effort. In CODE GIRLS: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II (Hachette Books; on-sale October 2, 2018; Trade Paperback; $16.99; ISBN 9780316352543) award-winning journalist and bestselling author Liza Mundy, reveals for the first time the revolutionary achievements and patriotic service of these remarkable young women. As Mundy shows, their astonishing code breaking triumphs against the Germans and Japanese helped secure an Allied victory, before their vow of secrecy nearly erased their vital contributions from U.S. history.   Recruited from settings as diverse as elite women's colleges and small Southern towns, more than ten-thousand young American women served as codebreakers for the U.S. Army and Navy during World War II. While their brothers, boyfriends, and husbands took up arms, these women went to the nation's capital with sharpened pencils--and even sharper minds--taking on highly demanding top secret work, involving complex math and linguistics. Running early IBM computers and poring over reams of encrypted enemy messages, they worked tirelessly in a pair of overheated makeshift code-breaking centers in Washington, DC, and Arlington, Virginia, from late 1941 to 1945. Their achievements were immense: they cracked a crucial Japanese code, which gave the U.S. an acute advantage in the Battle of Midway and changed the course of the war in the Pacific Theater; they helped create the false communications that caught the Germans flat-footed in the lead-up to the Normandy invasion; and their careful tracking of Japanese ships and German U-boats saved countless American and British sailors’ lives.   Through extensive archival research and numerous interviews conducted with the surviving code girls (now in their nineties), Mundy has constructed a dazzling narrative that expertly conjures up the war years--the battles abroad and the uncertainty and excitement on the home front. Mundy hones in on the lives and labors of several exemplary code-breakers, including Ann Caracristi and Agnes Driscoll, while providing a broader portrait that celebrates the entire cohort of talented women, whose top secret work went without any public recognition for nearly seventy years. She expertly weaves the story among the larger events of the war and the daily activities of the codebreakers, anchoring the story to the figure of Dot Braden, a schoolteacher recruited by the Army, who--before her arrival at Arlington Hall--had scarcely left Virginia (Dot is still living today at age 96 and open to doing limited publicity alongside Mundy). For many of these young women, breaking codes was one of the most thrilling times of their lives: they were engaged in stimulating, truly essential work--enjoying challenges and opportunities that had never been open to them before—while, in many cases, getting their first taste of big city life, falling in and out of love, amid the excitement and heartbreak of wartime. Ordered by military officials never to reveal the scope of their war work, these women and their incredible stories and accomplishments were all but written out of history until Mundy discovered a cache of recently declassified documents at the archives of the NSA. Based on these documents, other rich archival sources, and interviews with the women themselves, CODE GIRLS offers a page-turning narrative of broad popular appeal while establishing a vital new historical record; and it brings to life this riveting story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment. Get the book at www.lizamundy.com

During World War II, a flurry of coded messages were sent by the Axis powers. Data on troop movements, supplies, ship locations... all transmitted via code. But these messages didn't necessarily stay coded for long. The Allies were able to intercept, decode, and learn the vital wartime secrets contained within many of these transmissions. These codebreaking efforts were vital in ending the war. And the people who actually did a lot of this work were women - over ten thousand of them. Liza Mundy is the author of “Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II,” and she tells us about this little-known part of American history. 

During World War II, a flurry of coded messages were sent by the Axis powers. Data on troop movements, supplies, ship locations... all transmitted via code. But these messages didn't necessarily stay coded for long. The Allies were able to intercept, decode, and learn the vital wartime secrets contained within many of these transmissions. These codebreaking efforts were vital in ending the war. And the people who actually did a lot of this work were women - over ten thousand of them. Liza Mundy is the author of Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II, and she tells us about this little-known part of American history.

As time continues to separate us from World War II, more and more little-known information about certain United States war efforts is coming to light. Perhaps one of the more interesting centers on a U.S. program that recruited female college graduates, more than 10,000 of them, to serve as code breakers in the war effort. Through archival research and interviews with some of these code breakers, one author has written the incredible story of these women, who were ordered to never reveal the scope of their work during the war.   Guest:  Liza Mundy, author of Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War Two.  She is also the best-selling author of two other books - The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family… and Love and Family and Michele: A Biography. Mundy was a longtime reporter for the Washington Post, and has contributed to numerous publications including The Atlantic, Time, The New Republic, Slate, Mother Jones, and Politico.   Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Liza Mundy to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her book CODE GIRLS: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers.

This week's guest is Liza Mundy, a senior fellow at New America and the author of this month's cover story in the Atlantic, "Why is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?" She's also the author of several books, including "The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family," and the upcoming book "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II." We talked about why Silicon Valley is still so tough for women, what's being done to fix it, and why we should dismantle the myth of the lone male genius. Read Liza's articles: Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful To Women? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archiv…o-women/517788/ Why Janet Reno Fascinates, Confounds and Even Terrifies America? - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politi…eno012598.htm The Hillary Dilemma - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politi…ary032199.htm Articles/books/etc mentioned: Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber: www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19…e-year-at-uber Lean In: amzn.to/2mG1dvy The Innovators, by Walter Isaacson: amzn.to/2mFZ1nQ Elizabeth Gilbert TED Talk: Your elusive creative genius: Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius Read Liza's books: Pre-order her latest, book, Code Girls: amzn.to/2nT885L The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family: amzn.to/2nSXQCM Michelle: A Biography: amzn.to/2mFVLcf *** Subscribe to my newsletter #aznbooks2017 and follow along as I read *only* books by Asian authors during 2017! tinyletter.com/aznbooks2017 *** Support The Ladycast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/theladycast Follow The Ladycast online: twitter.com/theladycast theladycast.com/