Liza Mundy
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls reveals the untold story of how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, a sweeping story of a "sisterhood" of women spies spanning three generations who broke the glass ceiling, helped transform spycraft, and tracked down Osama Bin Laden. Upon its creation in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency instantly became one of the most important spy services in the world. Like every male-dominated...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A nonfiction chronicle of the courageous efforts of remarkable young women recruited by the US government to crack German and Japanese military codes during World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, in a neighborhood rocked by white flight....
5) The richer sex: how the new majority of female breadwinners is transforming sex, love, and family
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 327 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. Journalist Liza Mundy takes us to the frontier of this new economic order: she shows us why this flip is inevitable, what painful adjustments will have to be made along the way, and how both men and women will feel surprisingly liberated in the end. Couples today are debating who must assume the responsibility of primary earner and who gets the...