01702cam a2200337 i 4500 371031055 TxAuBib 20190222120000.0 181012s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781432857905 1432857908 (OCoLC)1057243518 TxAuBib rda Benedict, Marie. The Only Woman in the Room : (LP) / Marie Benedict. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019. 403 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she knew a few secrets about the enemy. She had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis...if anyone would listen to her. 20190222. Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000 Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Women scientists Fiction. Jewish women Fiction. Large type books. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction.