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SILENCED VOICES
History is a rich environment full
of diverse stories, it is important
to uncover those untold
narratives that have shaped the world we
know today. These forgotten stories shed
light on some important figures that are
not taught in history classes. It is important
to recognize their accomplishments
and not overlook them and their contributions
to history.
Did you know that Hedy Lamarr, an
actress and inventor, worked to
create a communication method
to help send coded messages during WWII?
This method was eventually used by the US
Navy and was part of the journey to invent
Wi-Fi. She was inducted into the National
Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014, according
to the National Women’s History Museum.
Henrietta Lacks was an African American
tobacco farmer in the 1950s diagnosed
with a terminal disease. At
the age of 31 she devastatingly passed away;
her death however came with a great discovery
for medical science. After studying her cervical
cancer, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine,
it was found that her cells were unusual,
they were unlike the other cells of cancer
patients because instead of dying they were
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