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Great Britain – 1994 Queen Elizabeth II
Austria 2020 Austrian Inventions Frequency Hopping Process. “Frequency hopping” was an ingenious way of switching between radio frequencies in order to avoid a signal being jammed. It was developed by Hedy Lamarr with the American composer George Antheil as a “secret communications system”.
Armed with equipment gifted to her by fellow innovator (and sometime lover) Howard Hughes, Hedy Lamarr would spend hours in her trailer on movie sets, testing theories and experimenting with technology. 
One such idea would prove to be a game changer in terms of wireless communication: it would pave the way for the foundation for today’s mobile phones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and of course GPS. 
China – 2011 Chinese Scholars –
Classical Chinese Literature, Shen Qiongzhi’s Li Shiqiao Essay
China – 2016 Mid-Autumn Festival Moon
Netherlands – 2010 Queen Beatrix. Beatrix is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013. 
USA – 2018 Lena Horne. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist.
USA – 1980 Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan. Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. Anne Sullivan Macy was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. 
USA – 2023 Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. 
USA – 2020 Gwendolyn L. Ifill was an American journalist, author and television newscaster. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review.

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