This episode, which discusses Liza Mundy’s book, Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II, delves into the history of American women cryptanalysts and code breakers.Tune into this episode to learn:How science used pseudoscientific gender biases to justify the exclusion of womenHow Darwin influenced societal gender expectations and beliefsThe difference between an American housewife and an American woman code breakerHow education was seen as a bad thing for women to attainHow educated women saved American troops during WWIIHow the 1950s narrative suggested women want to marry young and the evidence that showed they’d rather workHow women contributed to a combined ¾ of all code breakers in the American Navy and US Army, during WWIIHow the return of men from war meant women being slowly pushed back into the domestic roleBooks referenced:Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza MundyThe Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela SainiTechnically Biased is available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and RSS, among others.You can also check it out on our site at Podcast - Gakovii.You can check out our ⁠website⁠⁠⁠ for more book suggestions.If you like what you hear, feel free to visit our ⁠website⁠⁠ and subscribe to our newsletter. You can also follow us on ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠⁠.⁠#algorithmicbias⁠⁠ #predatorytech⁠⁠ #TechnicallyBiasedPodcast #Gakovii

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