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Hurrying through Washington's Union Station, she looked like any Government stenographer, eagerly on her way to a New York City weekend. Hatless and smartly turned out in a sporty belted coat, she carried a small valise. But Judith Coplon was no ordinary working girl. At 27, she had risen to a job which was listed by the civil service as political analyst, foreign agents registration section, Department of Justice...
Manhattan's Barnard College for girls had always expected big things of Judith Coplon. She majored in history, was managing editor of the college paper, graduated cum laude in 1943. Said her class yearbook: "Deeply philosophical about the fundamentals of life ... an astute analytical mind lurks behind a baby face and emotional brown eyes." Judith joined the economic warfare section of the Department of Justice, rose fast enough to justify her classroom promise. Her job was analyzing the records of foreign agents registering for activities...