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hedy lamarr
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Born: November 9, 1913 in Vienna, Austria
Died: January 19, 2000

During WWII, she co-invented Frequency Hopping, a way to stop enemies from jamming radio signals. She dropped out at 16 to pursue her hollywood dreams. The invention of the Secret Communication System ended up becoming the blueprint of modern day Wifi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

Preliminary to the United States joining WWII, she participated in the discussions of aircraft design discussions with Howard Hughes, a famous American aerospace engineer. She found inventing to be a hobby and passion she that did on the side to prove herself useful in more important innovations.

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ada lovelace
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Born:December 10, 1815
Died:November 27, 1852
Ada wrote the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine in the 1800s called The Analytical Design. It could solve series of complex that could actually calculate tedious and complicated math problems that a human would find difficult. Because of her work, she has her own coding language called "Ada." She established the first ever kind of computer programming in human history and would end up changing the world.

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katherine johnson
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Born: August 26, 1918
Died: February 24, 2020
She was NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights. Additionally, she is famously known for double checking the electronic computer's numbers by hand before John Glenn would agree to fly. Thanks to her, he was able to land and come back home safely.
In her early life, she showed exceptional math skills, entering high school at age 10 and graduating college with highest honors at 18. Her impact broke racial and gender barriers to contribute to key flight reports.


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