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X-WR-CALDESC:29 May 1885: Birth date of cryptologic pioneer Genevieve Young
Hitt. \n\nLearn more about the work done by Colonel Parker Hitt and Genev
ieve Young Hitt via the publication\, 'Pioneers of U.S. Military Crypto
logy: Colonel Parker Hitt and His Wife\, Genevieve Young Hitt\,' by Betsy
Rohaly Smoot via the link at the bottom of this page.\n\nBelow is an e
xcerpt from article on Army.mil by Ruth Quinn\, 'An Army Wife 'Doing He
r Bit' in World War I\, The Story of Genevieve Young Hitt.' Get link t
o the full article at the bottom of the page.\n\n'While it is unknown when
Mrs. Hitt developed an interest in cryptology\, she likely studied the di
scipline alongside her husband (Col. Parker Hitt)\, and became proficient
in using the M138-A sliding strip decoding device that Parker first develo
ped in 1914. Genevieve has also been credited with assisting in the prepar
ation and compilation of her husband's seminal work\, Manual for the Solut
ion of Military Ciphers\, published by the Army in 1916. Obviously\, she h
ad a knack for cipher work too.\n\nWhile Genevieve and her husband were st
ationed at Fort Sill\, Oklahoma the Army put them both to work analyzing i
ntercepted Mexican government messages during the 1916 Punitive Expedition
. However\, the reality of being an Army wife surfaced when Captain Hitt w
as sent overseas in May 1917 to serve on General Pershing's staff as assis
tant to the Chief Signal Officer during World War I. Genevieve moved from
Fort Sill to Fort Sam Houston to be near her family. But rather than sitin
g around pining for her deployed husband\, Genevieve traveled to Riverbank
Laboratories to gain some training in cryptology\, meeting another crypto
logy pioneer\, William Friedman. Back home in Texas\, Genevieve began rece
iving hand-written notes marked 'For Mrs. Hitt\,' clipped to cipher messag
es that had been sent to the Southern Department. Without ceremony or sala
ry\, she routinely deciphered them.\n\nIn April 1918\, the Army finally de
emed her work worthy of a paycheck. Genevieve was placed in charge of code
work for the Southern Department's Intelligence Officer\, Robert L. Barne
s\, 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 codebooks in the department\, and breakin
g intercepted coded and enciphered messages. Except for her brief visit to
Riverbank\, she was entirely self-taught. Barnes later noted that Genevie
ve was 'specially qualified for such work having made a special study ther
eof.' Her new job was hardly what she imagined her life would be as a youn
g debutante in Texas a few years earlier.'
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DESCRIPTION:29 May 1885: Birth date of cryptologic pioneer Genevieve Young
Hitt. \n\nLearn more about the work done by Colonel Parker Hitt and Genevi
eve Young Hitt via the publication\, 'Pioneers of U.S. Military Cryptol
ogy: Colonel Parker Hitt and His Wife\, Genevieve Young Hitt\,' by Betsy R
ohaly Smoot via the link at the bottom of this page.\n\nBelow is an ex
cerpt from article on Army.mil by Ruth Quinn\, 'An Army Wife 'Doing Her
Bit' in World War I\, The Story of Genevieve 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 cryptology\, she likely studied the dis
cipline alongside her husband (Col. Parker Hitt)\, and became proficient i
n using the M138-A sliding strip decoding device that Parker first develop
ed in 1914. Genevieve has also been credited with assisting in the prepara
tion and compilation of her husband's seminal work\, Manual for the Soluti
on of Military Ciphers\, published by the Army in 1916. Obviously\, she ha
d a knack for cipher work too.\n\nWhile Genevieve and her husband were sta
tioned at Fort Sill\, Oklahoma the Army put them both to work analyzing in
tercepted Mexican government messages during the 1916 Punitive Expedition.
However\, the reality of being an Army wife surfaced when Captain Hitt wa
s sent overseas in May 1917 to serve on General Pershing's staff as assist
ant to the Chief Signal Officer during World War I. Genevieve moved from F
ort Sill to Fort Sam Houston to be near her family. But rather than siting
around pining for her deployed husband\, Genevieve traveled to Riverbank
Laboratories to gain some training in cryptology\, meeting another cryptol
ogy pioneer\, William Friedman. Back home in Texas\, Genevieve began recei
ving hand-written notes marked 'For Mrs. Hitt\,' clipped to cipher message
s that had been sent to the Southern Department. Without ceremony or salar
y\, she routinely deciphered them.\n\nIn April 1918\, the Army finally dee
med her work worthy of a paycheck. Genevieve was placed in charge of code
work for the Southern Department's Intelligence 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 codebooks in the department\, and breaking
intercepted coded and enciphered messages. Except for her brief visit to
Riverbank\, she was entirely self-taught. Barnes later noted that Geneviev
e was 'specially qualified for such work having made a special study there
of.' Her new job was hardly what she imagined her life would be as a young
debutante in Texas a few years earlier.'
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SUMMARY:1885: Cryptologic pioneer Genevieve Young Hitt was born.
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