User:Marwa lilo

marwa lilo

reflection on blog

I decided to add some research I made to Mavis Batey and focus on her role in Bletchley Park which I believe was quite interesting and motivating. I strongly wish that the women workers of Bletchley park are recognised and have their story told which I believe is vital because they had a very magnificent role within the war therefore I expanded on Mavis Batey Wikipedia page as I felt like there was a lot missing on her contributions as a codebreaker. I feel like I wanted to add more material on Mavis page because when I read about her I felt like her story should be told especially to young women, as she started off by the age of 19 figuring out unbreakable codes it would motivate young females to follow her footsteps, not necessarily breaking codes but learning from her that it is possible to start and accomplish your dreams from a young age. Another reason I added information to her page especially within her career as a codebreaker is because of the gender gap on Wikipedia, I found many Wikipedia pages on men who worked in Bletchley park for instance Dilly Knox who I briefly spoke about in my blog he had a lot of books, Wikipedia page and websites written on his behalf however Mavis Batey hardly had any which was difficult because it was quite hard to research on her and gather data. I feel like the information I added will give Mavis Batey more credit for her work as a women it also will allow people in the future who are interested in Mavis or the Bletchley park women in general read more about her life and the accomplishments even though Wikipedia shouldn’t be the only academic resource however they will find references in my blog that will transfer them to the more academically forward sources.

My post that I created I focused it on her codebreaking skills and I tried to keep it positive to show how strong Mavis is as a young female and influence the audience into reading more about her and researching more about that era. I also briefly wrote about her love story with her husband Keith Batey which is relatable to the reader also so the audience will not feel as I am talking about just one thing in my post.

I did hope that I would find more information on Mavis Batey however it was very limited there was not as much as I expected. Therefore, I struggled with trying to find a wide range of information. As a stated above I managed to make it clear on my post where I found the information for copyright issues and to allow the reader to visit these pages. Adding on I highlighted some of the important people used such as Dilly Knox and Keith Batey in an event of any of the future readers is intrigued by the people I mentioned.

In conclusion I wanted Mavis Batey work within Bletchley park to be noticed which is where I added the most information, I believe was her work within Bletchley park was very significant.