Black Women in History
Dr. Shirley Jackson Born: Washington, D.C. Jackson started to conduct successful experiments in theoretical physics and then started to use her knowledge in physics to start making advances in telecommunications while working at Bell Laboratories. These inventions include developments in the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cell, and the fiber optic cables used to provide clarity in overseas telephone calls. She has also helped make possible Caller ID and Call Waiting.
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Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000). Austrian-born American telecommunications engineer and actress. Was one of the most beautiful woman in cinema's history, and the inventor of the first form of spread spectrum. In one of the most astonishing transformations of modern time, Hedy temptress evolved from the big screen to engineering goddess, and she invented a technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping for wireless communications, still used today for GPS and Wi-Fi technologies.
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