Event Lectures and Symposia Young Coders and Codebreakers in Wartime with Candace Fleming and Monica Hesse
Date and Location
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When: Saturday, August 24, 2024
4:10 pm - 5:10 pm EDT
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Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Room 202 (Level 2, South Building)
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
Part of National Book Festival ; 2024 National Book Festival
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Candace Fleming tells the true story of Station X, a secret home to teen girls who worked on code-cracking Nazi missives during WWII in “Enigma Girls.” Monica Hesse’s historical fiction follows Edda, a WWI Hello Girl called back to duty in “The Brightwood Code.” Dive deep into the contributions of young women in the two world wars in a conversation moderated by Yukari Matsuyama.