She was one of America's few female architects of stature, designer of a revered house in Farmington, which she named Hill-Stead.

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In Erik Larson's "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania," the narrative intertwines historical events with personal stories, focusing on the luxury ocean liner Lusitania and its tragic sinking during World War I. Among the fascinating figures mentioned is a notable female architect who breaks barriers in a male-dominated field. Her renowned design, the Hill-Stead house located in Farmington, stands as a testament to her skill and vision.

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She was one of America's few female architects of stature, designer of a revered house in Farmington, which she named Hill-Stead.

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Had we been called upon by the Staff to do so," Hope wrote, referring to Oliver, "we could have furnished valuable information as to movements of submarines, minefields, minesweeping etc. But the Staff was obsessed with the idea of secrecy; they realized that they held a trump card and they worked on the principle that every effort must be made to keep our knowledge to ourselves, so as to be able to keep it up our sleeves for a really great occasion such as the German Fleet coming out in all their strength to throw down the gage in battle. In other words the Staff determined to make use of our information defensively and not offensively.

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Where Room 40 promised to give Britain the clearest advantage was in the battle for control of the seas, and there Britain's strategy had undergone a change.

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Captain Hall had no direct control over Room 40-as of early 1915 his intelligence division and Room 40 were separate entities-but his name more than any other would come to be associated with its achievements.

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paper, at least, it reported to Adm. Henry Francis Oliver, the Admiralty's chief of staff, a man so tight-lipped and reticent he could seem almost mute, and this-given the British navy's predilection for nicknames-ensured that he would be known forever after as "Dummy" Oliver.

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From the start, Churchill and Fisher resolved to keep the operation so secret that only they and a few other Admiralty officials would ever know it existed.

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