This week, Sam brings us the story of Hedy Lamarr, best known as a film actress, she is also the Mother of Wi-Fi! She tinkered with inventions all her life, claiming that the life of an actor was "boring." She also inspired Howard Hughes to redesign the shape of his airplanes after doing research on the shapes of the fastest known fish and birds. The story of her life is filled with surprises, so if you think you know about Hedy Lamarr, you might not know everything...
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Helen Hulick Beebe — Slacks-tivist & Innovator in Deaf Education
Frida Kahlo — Mexican Painter & Revolutionary Best Known for Her Work Exploring the Concepts of Identity, Pain, and Mexican Heritage
Molly Craig - The Aborigine Girl Who Walked 1,000 Miles
Sylvia Rivera — The OG Transgender Latina Activist
Chevalier d’Éon — French Spy Who Negotiated the Treaty of Paris [Chloe Skye]
Raquel Willis — Trans Author & Decorated Activist
Broadly Speaking 15: The Fight for Trans Rights [with Chloe Skye]
Marsha ”Pay It No Mind” Johnson - The Mayor of Christopher Street & Legendary LGBTQ Activist
Valiant Ladies of Potosí — Teenage Peruvian Vigilantes of the 1600s [Dawn ”Sam” Alden]
Sibyl Ludington - America’s Controversial Revolutionary Rider
Ching Shih — From Prostitute to Ruler of a Pirate Empire
Agnodice - The First Known Female Midwife
Sampat Pal Devi and the Gulabi Gang - India’s Great Defenders of Women
Shirley Chisholm — First Black Woman to Run for President of the United States
Melitta Bentz - Inventor of the Paper Coffee Filter
Kate Warne - The First Female Detective in the US Who Also Saved Lincoln’s Life
Boudica - Celtic Warrior Queen Extraordinaire
Grace O’Malley — Irish Pirate Queen & Scourge of the British Empire with Chloe Skye
Kathrine Switzer — First Woman to (Officially) Run the Boston Marathon
Jean Nidetch — Founder of WeightWatchers [Lisa Callahan]
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