inventors

Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, in 1914, Hedy Lamarr left school when she was 15 to become an actress. But she had a passion for inventing.

Kwolek led polymer research at DuPont until her retirement in 1986. She was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the National Medal of Technology in 1999, among many other honors.