to Chambers' death, but allotted only a paragraph to Bentley. Time magazine had devoted two pages to its Chambers obituary, but gave Bentley's death a two-sentence mention in its "Milestones" section. (Chambers worked for both magazines.) Legacy Although Bentley did not name Chambers in her late-July 1948 testimony, Robert E. Stripling said that her testimony had made him "think of Chambers". He had him subpoenaed; Chambers appeared a few days after Bentley, launching the Hiss Case. Bentley exposed two networks of spies, ultimately naming more than 80 Americans who had engaged in espionage for the Soviets. Her public testimony (which began in July 1948) became a media sensation, and had a major effect on the 1950s prosecution of cases of Soviet espionage. It also added to American fears of a widespread communist conspiracy within the government, which were fanned by McCarthy. Bentley provided no documentary evidence to support her claims, and reporters and historians were divided for decades about the validity of her allegations. During the 1990s, declassification of Soviet documents and the U.S. codebreaking Venona project lent some credence to her claims. See also Devin-Adair Publishing Company Notes References Biographies Currently, two biographies of Elizabeth Bentley have been published: Other references External links The Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) has the full text of former KGB agent Alexander Vassiliev's Notebooks, containing evidence on Bentley's cooperation with the Soviets. An Interactive Rosenberg Espionage Ring Timeline and Archive Truman Presidential Library Oral History Interview with Stephen J. Spingarn Underground Soviet Espionage (NKVD) in Agencies of the United States Government October 21, 1946, FBI (350+ page file describing Bentley's allegations, and FBI surveillance reports on the people she named) Images Library of Congress Getty Images Vassar Encyclopedia Vassar Info Fine Art America Wired National Women's History Museum Spartacus Educational Historic Images AuthenticHistory.com AllPosters.com Video Getty Images NBC Meet the Press Further reading 1908 births 1963 deaths Admitted Soviet spies American communists of the Stalin era American spies for the Soviet Union American people in the Venona papers Deaths from cancer in Connecticut Columbia University alumni Converts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism Federal Bureau of Investigation informants Female wartime spies American communists McCarthyism Members of the Communist Party USA People from New Milford, Connecticut University of Florence alumni Vassar College alumni Writers from Connecticut Catholics from Connecticut American anti-communists