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X-WR-CALDESC:6 February 1963: Genevieve Young Hitt\, early U.S. female cryp
tologist\, died on this date. She was born in Texas in 1885. Learn more ab
out the work done by Colonel Parker Hitt and Genevieve Young Hitt via the
publication\, 'Pioneers of U.S. Military Cryptology: Colonel Parker Hit
t and His Wife\, Genevieve Young Hitt\,' by Betsy Rohaly Smoot via the
link at the bottom of this page.\n\nExcerpt from article on Army.mil b
y Ruth Quinn 'An Army Wife 'Doing Her Bit' in World War I\, The Story of G
enevieve Young Hitt' Get link to the full article at the bottom of the
page. \n\n'While it is unknown when Mrs. Hitt developed an interest in cr
yptology\, she likely studied the discipline alongside her husband (Col. P
arker Hitt)\, and became proficient in using the M138-A sliding strip deco
ding device that Parker first developed in 1914. Genevieve has also been c
redited with assisting in the preparation and compilation of her husband's
seminal work\, Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers\, published by
the Army in 1916. Obviously\, she had a knack for cipher work too.\n\nWhi
le Genevieve and her husband were stationed at Fort Sill\, Oklahoma the Ar
my put them both to work analyzing intercepted Mexican government messages
during the 1916 Punitive Expedition. However\, the reality of being an Ar
my wife surfaced when Captain Hitt was sent overseas in May 1917 to serve
on General Pershing's staff as assistant to the Chief Signal Officer durin
g World War I. Genevieve moved from Fort Sill to Fort Sam Houston to be ne
ar her family. But rather than siting around pining for her deployed husba
nd\, Genevieve traveled to Riverbank Laboratories to gain some training in
cryptology\, meeting another cryptology pioneer\, William Friedman. Back
home in Texas\, Genevieve began receiving hand-written notes marked 'For M
rs. Hitt\,' clipped to cipher messages that had been sent to the Southern
Department. Without ceremony or salary\, she routinely deciphered them.\n
\nIn April 1918\, the Army finally deemed her work worthy of a paycheck. G
enevieve was placed in charge of code work for the Southern Department's I
ntelligence Officer\, Robert L. Barnes\, for the salary of $1\,000 per yea
r. She worked 5 ½ days per week (plus overtime) coding and decoding offici
al Army intelligence correspondence\, maintaining control of the Army code
books in the department\, and breaking intercepted coded and enciphered me
ssages. Except for her brief visit to Riverbank\, she was entirely self-ta
ught. Barnes later noted that Genevieve was 'specially qualified for such
work having made a special study thereof.' Her new job was hardly what she
imagined her life would be as a young debutante in Texas a few years earl
ier.'\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:6 February 1963: Genevieve Young Hitt\, early U.S. female crypt
ologist\, died on this date. She was born in Texas in 1885. Learn more abo
ut the work done by Colonel Parker Hitt and Genevieve Young Hitt via the p
ublication\, 'Pioneers of U.S. Military Cryptology: Colonel Parker Hitt
and His Wife\, Genevieve Young Hitt\,' by Betsy Rohaly Smoot via the
link at the bottom of this page.\n\nExcerpt from article on Army.mil by
Ruth Quinn 'An Army Wife 'Doing Her Bit' in World War I\, The Story of Ge
nevieve Young Hitt' Get link to the full article at the bottom of the
page. \n\n'While it is unknown when Mrs. Hitt developed an interest in cry
ptology\, she likely studied the discipline alongside her husband (Col. Pa
rker Hitt)\, and became proficient in using the M138-A sliding strip decod
ing device that Parker first developed in 1914. Genevieve has also been cr
edited with assisting in the preparation and compilation of her husband's
seminal work\, Manual for the Solution of Military Ciphers\, published by
the Army in 1916. Obviously\, she had a knack for cipher work too.\n\nWhil
e Genevieve and her husband were stationed at Fort Sill\, Oklahoma the Arm
y put them both to work analyzing intercepted Mexican government messages
during the 1916 Punitive Expedition. However\, the reality of being an Arm
y wife surfaced when Captain Hitt was sent overseas in May 1917 to serve o
n General Pershing's staff as assistant to the Chief Signal Officer during
World War I. Genevieve moved from Fort Sill to Fort Sam Houston to be nea
r her family. But rather than siting around pining for her deployed husban
d\, Genevieve traveled to Riverbank Laboratories to gain some training in
cryptology\, meeting another cryptology pioneer\, William Friedman. Back h
ome in Texas\, Genevieve began receiving hand-written notes marked 'For Mr
s. Hitt\,' clipped to cipher messages that had been sent to the Southern D
epartment. Without ceremony or salary\, she routinely deciphered them.\n\n
In April 1918\, the Army finally deemed her work worthy of a paycheck. Gen
evieve was placed in charge of code work for the Southern Department's Int
elligence Officer\, Robert L. Barnes\, for the salary of $1\,000 per year.
She worked 5 ½ days per week (plus overtime) coding and decoding official
Army intelligence correspondence\, maintaining control of the Army codebo
oks in the department\, and breaking intercepted coded and enciphered mess
ages. Except for her brief visit to Riverbank\, she was entirely self-taug
ht. Barnes later noted that Genevieve was 'specially qualified for such wo
rk having made a special study thereof.' Her new job was hardly what she i
magined her life would be as a young debutante in Texas a few years earlie
r.'\n\n
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SUMMARY:1963: Genevieve Young Hitt\, early U.S. female cryptologist\, born
in 1885 and died on 6 Feb 1963.
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