Up to that point, it’s worth noting, the Navy code-breaking office had employed some civilian women apart from Agnes Driscoll but treated them differently from men in terms of pay. According to a November 1941 proposed salary memo, female clerks, typists, and stenographers were paid $1,440 per year, while men doing the same job made $1,620. Women college graduates who had taken an elementary course in cryptanalysis made $1,800; men with those qualifications made $2,000. Women with master’s degrees made $2,000, compared to $2,600 for men. Women PhDs made $2,300; men with doctorates made $3,200.
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