Skilled cryptanalyst whose successful breakthrough enabled the Army Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) to build an analog machine that solved the Japanese diplomatic system known as “Purple.” Exploitation of this system provided crucial intelligence in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II.
Computer network pioneer Hilda Faust Mathieu was an early advocate recognizing network vulnerabilities and one of the driving forces developing security controls for network protection at the NSA.
Anna “Nancy” Strong was a member of the Culper Spy Ring in Setauket NY during the American Revolution.
The first woman and first African-American in multiple Navy positions, including the first female Command Master Chief of an aircraft carrier and the first female Command Master Chief for recruit training.
Commander Bernice “Burma” Nordstrom forged a path ahead for women in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy.
Ms. Barbara McNamara demonstrated extraordinary leadership qualities in advancing NSA’s mission, enhancing cooperation with other US agencies, and developing foreign partner relations.
Barbara Clark served in the Pacific during WWII as a member of the Woman’s Army Corps. She returned to federal service in early 1951 with the Armed Forces Security Agency as a Special Research Analyst doing research and reporting. As a Senior research analyst at NSA with foreign language capability, she served in four different production elements dealing with a wide range of international issues.
Dorothy Toplitzky Blum significantly changed the way NSA did cryptanalysis, pioneering the use of computers to manipulate and process data automatically.
Cryptanalyst and pioneer in U.S. cryptology
Captain Rosemary Mariner was a pioneer female naval aviator.