BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//archive.cryptologicfoundation.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcrea tor 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:05686463-489e-4757-b761-3f5c4e5c7f49 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 X-WR-RELCALID:75107d12d9b949683059244ead08ffd9 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20260308T020000 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5226d78e-f276-4760-9ac6-51d1f828af14 DTSTAMP:20260424T094109Z 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 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T235900 LOCATION: SUMMARY:1963: Genevieve Young Hitt\, early U.S. female cryptologist\, born in 1885 and died on 6 Feb 1963. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR