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Some names such as Marie Curie and Ada Lovelace are widely known, many other women have been active inventors and innovators in a wide range of interests and applications, contributing important developments to the world in which we live. [2] [3] The following is a list of notable women innovators and inventors displayed by country.
Abdigani Diriye - (born 1986) is a Somali computer scientist and research scientist at IBM Research – Africa, working in the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), data mining and financial technology (FinTech). Diriye was named a TEDGlobal 2017 fellow, an MIT Technology Review 'Innovator Under 35', and a 'Next Einstein Forum' fellow.
Rajeshwari Chatterjee was born on 24 January 1922 in Karnataka. She had her primary education in a "special English school" founded by her grandmother, Kamalamma Dasappa, one of the first women graduates from Mysore and who was very active in the field of education, especially for widows and deserted wives. [3]
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.
Globally women are under-represented in science; a 2013-2014 report [2] [3] states that 12% of sixty nine surveyed science academy members were women. Similarly, on Wikipedia the online encyclopaedia, there is under representation of women by way of their biographies, approximately 17% on the English language Wikipedia, as of October 2017 [4].
South African horticulturalist, botanical collector and teacher who worked at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden (1909-1952) horticulturist botanical collector teacher: South Africa: 1909-05-24 1952-06-03 Q106865193: 151 Lara van Niekerk: South African scientist scientist: South Africa: Q108166561: 152 Sheila M. Bowyer: researcher scientist ...
In December 2014, Naadiya Moosajee was named among "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014", by Forbes Magazine [1] [3]. Over the years, she has founded and co-founded a number of non-profit and for-profit companies and organisations, including (a) Naadiya M, a garment designing, manufacturing and marketing business targeting women's business attire and evening wear, which she founded in ...
The agricultural system in Sub-Saharan Africa is a predominantly small-scale farming system with more than 50% of the agricultural activity performed by women, producing about 60-70% of the food in this region. [1]