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Women of the CIA<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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Lecture Date: January 21, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Chancellor’s Village Lecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Note: A video recording is not available for this lecture.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Sisterhood: The Secret Story of Women at the CIA<\/em> recounts the true story of the women espionage officers\u2014tough, brilliant, resilient\u2014who helped build the world\u2019s foremost spy agency. It received starred reviews from Booklist<\/em> and Kirkus<\/em>, which named it one of the most anticipated nonfiction titles of Fall 2023, calling it \u201ca story that deserves to be told about women who deserve to be remembered.\u201d Pulitzer-Prize winning author Steve Coll called it a \u201crip-roaring read about spycraft\u201d that rewrites our understanding of the events before and after the 9\/11 attacks. Lionsgate Television has optioned Liza Mundy\u2018s nonfiction book The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA<\/em> to develop as a scripted series, with Tony winner Scott Delman attached to executive produce. Liza\u2019s previous book, Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II (2017), tells another true story of women\u2019s contributions to American intelligence, recounting the lives and legacy of more than 10,000 women recruited to break Axis codes during World War II. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaker: Liza Mundy<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Liza Mundy is an award-winning journalist and the New York Times<\/em>-bestselling author of five books including her latest work, The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA<\/em> (2023). Her narrative nonfiction aims to engage, delight, and inform readers by providing a compelling take on important parts of American history that have long been overlooked, expanding our collective understanding of our past by telling true stories of the people, often unsung, who shaped our world. Kate Moore, author of Radium Girls<\/em>, called her \u201cone of our foremost historians.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has appeared on television and radio shows including The Colbert Report<\/em>, The Today Show<\/em>, Good Morning America<\/em>, CBS This Morning<\/em>, MSNBC<\/em>, CNN<\/em>, C-Span<\/em>, Weekend Edition<\/em>, All Things Considered<\/em>, and Fresh Air with Terry Gross<\/em>. She has given talks at many events related to national security, leadership, STEM, politics, intelligence, and World War II history. A former staff writer for The Washington Post<\/em>, she writes for the Atlantic<\/em>, Politico<\/em>, and Smithsonian<\/em>, among others. She has an AB degree from Princeton University and an MA in English literature from the University of Virginia. She lives in Washington, DC–not far from the sites of both the Army and Navy WWII code-breaking operations–and in Los Angeles, CA. At various points in her life as a working parent she has worked full-time, part-time, all-night, at home, in the office, remotely, in person, on trains, in the car, alone, in crowds, under duress, and while simultaneously making dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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