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Jean Valentine (born 1924, Scotland) was an operator of the bombe decryption device in Hut 11 at Bletchley Park in England, designed by Alan Turing and others during World War II. She was a member of the "Wrens" (Women's Royal Naval Service, WRNS). She was one of a number of women who worked at Bletchley Park.〔(The Women of Bletchley Park ), (Finding Ada ), 26 July 2009.〕 During this time, she lived in Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire. She started working on 15 shillings (75 pence) a week. Along with her co-workers, she remained quiet about her war work until the mid-1970s. More recently, Jean Valentine has been involved with the reconstruction of the bombe at Bletchley Park Museum,〔(What to see at Bletchley Park: Bombe Rebuild Project ), Bletchley Park, UK.〕 completed in 2006. In 2006, she said: "Unless people come pouring through the doors, a vital piece of history is lost. The more we can educate them, the better." She demonstrates the reconstructed bombe at the Bletchley Park Museum〔.〕〔(Jean Valentine explains the bombe ), CastTV.〕 and also leads tours there.〔(BCSWomen trip to Bletchley Park ), BCSWomen, UK, 8 May 2008.〕〔("The geese that laid the golden egg — but never cackled" — Winston Churchill ), (Skirts and Ladders ), 26 July 2009.〕〔(Feature: Decoding Bletchley Park's history ), ''(Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine )''.〕 She participated in a major reunion at Bletchley Park in 2009.〔''(The Wider View: Nazi codebreaker which shortened the Second World War by two years ). The Mail on Sunday'', 30 March 2009.〕〔('Geese' cackle over Enigma: British code breakers reunite to celebrate secret work that helped Allies defeat Nazis ), (The Star ), Toronto, Canada, 25 March 2009.〕 On 24 June 2012, Jean Valentine spoke on her wartime experiences at Bletchley Park and elsewhere as part of a ''Turing's Worlds'' event to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, organized by the Department for Continuing Education's Rewley House at Oxford University in cooperation with the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM). ==See also== * List of people associated with Bletchley Park * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Valentine (bombe operator)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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