of Chaumont, France. Elizebeth wanted to go with him. She saw no reason why she should not be allowed to serve in France as an AEF cryptologist. But the army told Elizebeth that “I, a mere woman, could not follow to pursue my ‘trade,’ ” so she stayed behind at Riverbank, continuing to break codes in the Lodge with the other brain workers of the estate. In her diary she wrote original poems about war, exploring “the heartache of separation from the Dear One overseas”
