Beauty, brains, intelligence, and resilience. Hedy Lamarr had it all.
Hedy Lamarr was not only beautiful but intelligent, extremely intelligent. She escaped an abusive marriage in another country and she managed to make it all of the way to our beloved USA, Adolf Hitler was entertained in her home during her marriage to do business with her husband, Speaking of her husband he concealed her being Jewish for his business convenience and she knew that he could change is mind at any time. As a result of her intelligence she has greatly enhanced our everyday day life through her patent.
One of the inventions that she held a patent on could have saved many lives during WW2. Through great persistence she finally was granted an audience with certain military staff to introduce her invention. The military agreed that it could be useful but because she was a woman they did not know how to introduce it for approval simply because of her gender. Our military should feel shame for the additional lives lost for their ignorance. Talk about gender bias!
I now think of Hedy Lamarr often when using my cell phone since its design and functionality is directed tied to her invention so many years ago..
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