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Little is known about her early life, [citation needed] which was common for many women of her era, whose personal histories were often overshadowed by their male counterparts. [1] Wilcox showed an early interest in mechanical engineering despite the social conventions of her era, which often restricted women's roles to domestic domains.
Snugli and Weego were invented by nurse and peacekeeper Ann Moore first in the 1960s. Pertussis A pioneering female American doctor , medical researcher and an outspoken voice in the pediatric community, the supercentenarian Leila Alice Denmark (1898–2012) is credited as co-developer of the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine .
By the 1930s, most of the mechanical technology used in today's automobiles had been invented, although some ideas were later "re-invented" and credited to others. For example, front-wheel drive was re-introduced by André Citroën with the launch of the Traction Avant in 1934.
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 ]
History Today is a history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it presents authoritative history to as wide a public as possible. [ 1 ] The magazine covers all periods and geographical regions and publishes articles of traditional narrative history alongside new research and historiography .
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867 Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born on 3 May 1849 to a wealthy carpenter family in Pforzheim.She was the third of nine children. Her father, Karl Friedrich Ringer, a master builder and carpenter, and her 20 year younger mother, Auguste Friedrich, were wealthy individuals who invested heavily in their children's educations.
Electric cars were limited to urban use by their slow speed (no more than 24–32 km/h or 15–20 mph [42]) and low range (50–65 km or 30–40 miles [42]), and gasoline cars were now able to travel farther and faster than equivalent electrics. Gasoline cars also overcame much of their negatives compared to electrics, in several areas.
It would be 1968 before women were admitted to all courses offered by Georgia Tech. [106] [107] The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had graduated its first female student, Ellen Swallow Richards (1842–1911) in 1873; she later became an instructor at MIT. However, until the 1960s, MIT enrolled few female engineering students, due ...