Editing Elizebeth Smith Friedman
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In 1917, Friedman married [[William F. Friedman]], who later became a cryptographer credited with numerous contributions to cryptology, a field to which she introduced him.<ref name=NSA-CenterForCryptologicHistory-FriedmanLegacy-2006>{{cite book|last1=Gaddy|first1=David (foreword)|last2=Rowlett|first2=Frank (foreword)|last3=Callimahos|first3=Lambros|last4=Chiles|first4=James R.|editor1-last=Center for Cryptologic History|title=The Friedman Legacy: A Tribute to William and Elizebeth Friedman|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Center for Cryptologic History, NSA|url=http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/book/software-engineering-and-development/cryptography/01120100002si|oclc=601637108}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
In 1917, Friedman married [[William F. Friedman]], who later became a cryptographer credited with numerous contributions to cryptology, a field to which she introduced him.<ref name=NSA-CenterForCryptologicHistory-FriedmanLegacy-2006>{{cite book|last1=Gaddy|first1=David (foreword)|last2=Rowlett|first2=Frank (foreword)|last3=Callimahos|first3=Lambros|last4=Chiles|first4=James R.|editor1-last=Center for Cryptologic History|title=The Friedman Legacy: A Tribute to William and Elizebeth Friedman|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Center for Cryptologic History, NSA|url=http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/book/software-engineering-and-development/cryptography/01120100002si|oclc=601637108}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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They had two children, Barbara Friedman Atchison |
They had two children, Barbara Friedman (later Atchison, 1923-2021), and John Ramsay Friedman (1926–2010).<ref name=AmericanWomen-WhosWho-1935>{{cite book|editor1-last=Howes|editor1-first=Durward|title=American Women: The Official Who's Who Among the Women of the Nation (1935–36)|date=1935|publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=193|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015046813831;view=1up;seq=265;size=175}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=145611711|title=John Friedman Obituary |date=2010-09-26|website=legacy.com / Boston Globe Obituaries|access-date=2017-11-08}}</ref> |
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In the 1930s, William Friedman began to show signs of the depression that afflicted him for the rest of his life. Elizebeth supported him and began covering up for him.<ref name= fagone2017/>{{rp|150-151}} In January 1941 he was admitted to the Neuropsychiatric Section at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center|Walter Reed General Hospital]] in Washington, DC, where he spent two and a half months in a mental ward. His condition was deemed to be anxiety due to overwork on a top secret project.<ref name= fagone2017/>{{rp|218-222}} After the war, Elizebeth spent more and more of her time taking care of her husband. In April 1955, he suffered his first heart attack. His health continued to worsen, and he died on November 2, 1969.<ref name= fagone2017/>{{rp|330-334}} |
In the 1930s, William Friedman began to show signs of the depression that afflicted him for the rest of his life. Elizebeth supported him and began covering up for him.<ref name= fagone2017/>{{rp|150-151}} In January 1941 he was admitted to the Neuropsychiatric Section at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center|Walter Reed General Hospital]] in Washington, DC, where he spent two and a half months in a mental ward. His condition was deemed to be anxiety due to overwork on a top secret project.<ref name= fagone2017/>{{rp|218-222}} After the war, Elizebeth spent more and more of her time taking care of her husband. In April 1955, he suffered his first heart attack. His health continued to worsen, and he died on November 2, 1969.<ref name= fagone2017/>{{rp|330-334}} |