She showed these characteristics through her hard work, which created a legacy that will go on for many years into the future. Hedy Lamarr was a hard worker and a determined person who cared about the war and wanted to help. In the end Hedy was still was able to actively contribute two years of work on a system that would have changed WWII. Hedy Lamarr was a determined and hardworking person, because all of her learning experience was acting school and four years of marriage with a munitions manufacturer. Even though it wasn't used in WWII, later her invention helped us during the Cold War to communicate. Lamarr spent two years of her life dedicated to creating a system to fight the Nazis in WWII. "Lamarr and Antheil received a patent in 1942" (Casey). After Hedy Lamarr had moved to Hollywood she starting acting again, but "In 1940, Lamarr presented her concept of 'frequency hopping'" (Casey). In the four years Hedy learned everything about engineering from her husband's work and dinner conversations. Hedy had been married to Friedrich for four years. "At 19, Lamarr had married Friedrich Mandl, a munitions manufacturer.she was forced to flee in 1937" (Chen). Hedy's hard work and determination created spread spectrum communication with her limited knowledge. With no profit for her inventions and with her love for our military, she shows her selflessness. Even though her system wasn't used in WWII, Lamarr still helped by raising money for the war. Their once patented system is now known as wifi and bluetooth. Although Lamarr and Antheil had stopped working on the system, the world had not. When the system was finally used, "either Lamarr nor Antheil ever received royalty payments for the commercialization of their patent" (Chen). So the patent sat, not to be used for twenty years, and eventually Hedy's patent for her device would run out. The Navy had deemed the invention too expensive and time consuming to fit all torpedoes with the new system. "Lamarr and Antheil received a patent in 1942, but their ideas were not put to significant use until the Cuban missile crisis of 1962" (Casey). While married to Friedrich Lamarr, she learned about systems in her time between her husband's work and dinners. Hedy Lamarr was selfless in her work and cared for those who fight our wars. Although known for her acting, Hedy Lamarr was an inventor whose selflessness and hard work made her a hero. Now that system is known as the basis of wifi and bluetooth. In 1940 Hedy first introduced her idea of frequency hopping, a system that would stop radio taping and jamming for torpedoes.
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She moved to the US in 1937, and she became a famous movie actor in Hollywood. This marriage first introduced Hedy to inventing. Born in Austria, November 9, 1913, she went to Max Reinhardt's famous acting school to become an actor, starring in her first movie, "Ecstasy." But when Hedy was 19, she married Friedrich Mandl, who was a munitions manufacturer. Hedy Lamarr explains herself in this quote as if she was a picture, beautiful and inspiring. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires" ( Hedy Lamarr). "A good painting to me has always been like a friend. Cover of Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communication System by Trina Robbins.