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A photograph of Agnes Meyer Driscoll, the woman who broke the Japanese M-1 cipher machine.

A photograph of Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein, who played a crucial role in the decryption of the Japanese encryption machine codenamed "Purple" by the United States government.

Print shows Uncle Sam dancing through a minefield of political issues, such as "Catholic Demands for part of School Funds", "Single Tax Fad", "Populism", "Prohibition Foolishness", "Women's Rights Nonsense", and the "Free Silver Mania", which all…

An audio of an interview with Ann Ellicott Madeira, who was recruited by the United States government as a code breaker during World War II.

An interview with Ann Caracristi, who was recruited for wartime intelligence work during World War II. The interview was conducted as part of the documentary film "Government Girls of World War II."

Maenads dancing around Dionysus.

The god Apollo is depicted as an effeminate man with long hair holding a lyre.

Illustration shows Anthony Comstock as a monk thwarting shameless displays of excessive flesh, whether that of women, horses, or dogs, with a "Jane Doe Warrant".