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Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [1] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [1]
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]
Janese Swanson (born 1958) [1] is an American inventor and software developer. Swanson co-developed the first of the Carmen Sandiego educational games, and founded the company Girl Tech, [2] [3] which creates products aimed at making technology more interesting for girls. She has developed award-winning curricula, electronic toys, and books ...
Alissa Marie Chavez is an American inventor and entrepreneur. She is known for her invention "Hot Seat", an alarm for child car seats being left occupied, which she invented as a teenager. [ 1 ] She is the founder and CEO of the company Assila.
On April 30, 2018, Giertz announced via YouTube that she had been diagnosed with a noncancerous brain tumor. [33] After surgery to remove the grade I meningioma on May 30, 2018, she has continued to post humorous and upbeat accounts of her post-surgery progress, including photos of her "potential super-villain scar" [ 34 ] and a public address ...
The judging panel [9] was chaired by Dawn Bonfield MBE, and included Leon Krill from the Daily Telegraph, Allan Cook CBE, chairman of Atkins, Professor John Perkins, author of the Engineering Skills Survey from the University of Manchester, [10] Fiona Tatton, editor of Womanthology [11] and Michelle Richmond, director of membership and professional development at the Institution of Engineering ...
American women inventors (218 P) Pages in category "Women inventors" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total.
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (/ ˈ k w oʊ l ɛ k /; July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was a Polish-American chemist best known for inventing Kevlar (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide). ). Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 ye