"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" invented WiFi. Her story is fascinating (including being locked up by her first husband in a castle in Austria -- wow!) but so sad all the same.

I love her quote famous quote: <em>Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid* </em>but when you realize that her smarts were ignored by everyone, it's even more biting.

I wish I could say things have changed, but we all know better.

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*As quoted in <i>The Stars</i> (1962)

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