☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Approximately 8000 women worked at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BletchleyPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BletchleyPark</span></a> during WW2. </p><p>One codebreaker I can quickly look up is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JaneFawcett" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JaneFawcett</span></a> MBE. </p><p>“In 1940, at the age of 18, she was interviewed by senior <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/codebreaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>codebreaker</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StuartMilnerBarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StuartMilnerBarry</span></a>, and joined the secret codebreaking project at Bletchley Park. She joined a group of women known as the &quot;<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Debs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Debs</span></a> of Bletchley Park&quot;, </p><p>… “Hughes was assigned to Hut 6 a &quot;Decoding Room&quot; of women only”.</p><p>“On 25 May 1941, Hughes and several other women were briefed on the search for the German battleship <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bismarck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bismarck</span></a>. Shortly thereafter, she decoded a message referring to the Bismarck that detailed its current position and destination in France.“</p><p>“Her work did not come to light until decades later, during the 1990s, as it had been classified under Britain&#39;s Official Secrets Act”.</p><p>Jane passed away in 2016. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OSA</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WW2</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CodeBreaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CodeBreaker</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>personal</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fawcett" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_F</span><span class="invisible">awcett</span></a>&gt;</p>