Articles in Category: Profiles & Bios

Hedy Lamarr (Actress/Inventor)

hedy-lamarr.jpgHedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress of Jewish descent.

Though known primarily for her film career as a major contract star of MGM's "Golden Age", she also co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications, a key to many forms of wireless communication.

Janet Reno (First Female U.S. Attorney General)

janet-reno.jpgJanet Wood Reno (born July 21, 1938) is a former Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11.

She was the first female Attorney General and the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt.