Elizebeth Smith Friedman was born in Huntington, Indiana, to a Quaker family in 1892. As a student of poetry and literature, Friedman was a highly devoted fan of Shakespeare.
Elizebeth Friedman. Source: Pinterest
A librarian at the city’s Newberry Library noticed her love for Shakespeare and helped to connect with George Fabyan, a millionaire looking for researchers to work on his pioneering Shakespeare code-cracking project.