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Originally Posted by Bmillard11
I loved The Only Woman in the Room-the story of Hedy Lamarr
Loving Frank - Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and his mistress
The Atomic City Girls
The Sweetness of Forgetting isn’t exactly historical fiction but similar and a good read.
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The Only Woman in the Room — about a week ago, I came across a bio of Hedy Lamarr on PBS,
American Masters. I knew that she was a famous movie star and among the most beautiful of women, but I had no idea that she was absolutely brilliant. Now, I know. You can probably find the PBS episode online. Fascinating.
Speaking of brilliant women,
The Other Einstein is by the same author as the book about Hedy Lamarr. The author is Marie Benedict.
Turns out, Einstein’s wife, Mileva Maric, was studying physics in Zurich and was running circles around the male brainiacs in her classes. But, then, Albert Einstein noticed her, hit on her, made her his wife, and then overshadowed her. Was she “the wind beneath his wings”? How much of his genius was “inspired” by her? What did she contribute to Einstein’s theories, uncredited?
I refer to books like these two titles as being about women trapped in time. (sigh)