Mary M

@marym276.bsky.social

Edinburgh based osteopath and writer of biographical stories with courage and freedom at heart. Nature lover, baker, wildlife and landscape photographer. https://linktr.ee/mmonro276

During #WWII, the Allied cryptographic victory was achieved primarily by women. + 17,000+ American & British women codebreakers filled 70%-75% of the total intelligence workforce at key command centers + Their work intercepted shipping routes, anticipated troop movements & broke Axis ciphers #DDay

Two non-fiction book covers displayed side-by-side, both focusing on female codebreakers during World War II. Left Cover: The book is titled "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II" by Liza Mundy. The top half features the title in large, elegant gold font. The bottom half shows a vintage black-and-white photograph of five young women sitting closely together, smiling, and wearing matching white collared shirts with dark ties. Right Cover: The book is titled "Women Code Breakers: The Best Kept Secret of WWII" by Elise Baker. The cover features a torn-paper design element. The top section shows a black-and-white photo of a smiling woman in military uniform alongside vintage warplanes. The bottom section displays a vintage code-breaking typewriter mechanism.

Visited Bath today, my former home for 20 yrs, and saw a retrospective exhibition of #NormanAckroyd etchings with an artist friend who trained with him. Make a special trip to Bath to see it if you can. it’s fabulous.

Achiltibuie from loch Broom by Norman Ackroyd 1947 - 2024