Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr (Ziegfeld Girl, Samson and Delilah) was known as the world’s most beautiful woman. However, her stunning beauty stood in the way of her being given the credit she deserved as an ingenious inventor whose pioneering work helped revolutionize modern communication. An Austrian Jewish emigrant who invented a covert communication system to try to help defeat the Nazis, Lamarr was ignored and told to sell kisses for war bonds instead. It was only toward the very end of her life that tech pioneers discovered that it was her concept that is now used as the basis for secure WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth technologies.

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Temple Sinai

Monday, 11/4/24 in person from 3:30-4:30 pm in the Temple Sinai Library. This will be discussion only. Film to be viewed beforehand on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Kanopy, or YouTube. Registration ends Thursday, 10/31/24. Wheelchair accessible. (20 spots available)

Offsite

Monday, 11/11/24 from 6:30-9:00 pm in a WTS member’s home. Film to be viewed on site and discussed. Registration ends Monday, 11/4/24. This home is not wheelchair accessible. (9 spots available)