Distinguished Women of Past and Present
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Blanche Ames Ames 1878-1969 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Art, Human Rights, Invention Key Words/Phrases: artist, activist, inventor, patented a method for capturing enemy warplanes Mary Anderson (Inventor) 1866-1953 From: United States: Alabama Fields: Business and Finance, Invention Key Words/Phrases: real estate developer, invented windshield wiper blade Tabitha Babbitt 1784-1853 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: inventor, tool maker, invented the circular saw Janet Emerson Bashen From: United States: Ohio, Texas Fields: Business and Finance, Computer Science and Information Technology, Invention Key Words/Phrases: patented a software application Patricia Bath 1942- From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine, Invention Key Words/Phrases: holds four patents for medical devices Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito 1916- From: United States: Louisiana Fields: Chemistry, Education, Invention Key Words/Phrases: holds 55 patents related to textile industry incl. for wash-and-wear cotton Miriam E. Benjamin 19th c.- From: United States: Washington DC Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: invented device to signal for an attendant Patricia Billings 1926- From: United States: Kansas, Missouri Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: invented a fireproof building material Geobond Helen Augusta Blanchard 1840-1922 From: United States: Maine Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: held 28 patents, incl. for the zigzag sewing machine Bessie Blount 1914- From: United States: Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia Fields: Invention Sarah Boone 19th century-? From: United States: Connecticut Fields: Invention Jenny Rosenthal Bramley 1909-1997 From: France, Russia, United States: New York Fields: Invention, Physics Marie Van Brittan Brown 1922-1999 From: United States: New York Fields: Invention Rachel Fuller Brown 1898-1980 From: United States: Illinois, Massachusetts, New York Fields: Chemistry, Education, Invention Mary Brush 19th Cent- From: United States Fields: Invention Martha J. Coston 1826-1902 From: United States Fields: Invention Regina Dugan From: United States: Maryland Fields: Engineering, Invention, Management and Labor Relations, Military and Warfare Key Words/Phrases: First female director of DARPA, inventor Ellen Eglui 19th century- From: United States: Washington DC Fields: Invention Sarah E. Goode c. 1850-c. 1905 From: United States: Illinois Fields: Invention Joycelyn Harrison 1964- From: United States: Virginia Fields: Chemistry, Invention Grace Murray Hopper 1906-1992 From: United States: New York, Virginia Fields: Computer Science and Information Technology, Invention, Mathematics, Military and Warfare Key Words/Phrases: WAVES, computer scientist, programmer, inventor Shirley Ann Jackson 1946- From: United States: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington DC Fields: Education, Invention, Physics El Dorado Jones From: United States: Illinois Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: inventor, muffler Marjorie Stewart Joyner 1896-1994 From: United States: Illinois, Virginia Fields: Beauty and Fashion, Invention Natalie Kalmus 1882-1965 From: United States: California, Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia Fields: Invention, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: color consultant for Technicolor Mary-Claire King 1946- From: United States: Illinois, Washington Fields: Biology, Health and Medicine, Invention Key Words/Phrases: geneticist, studies HIV, lupus, breast and ovarian cancer genes Margaret Knight 1838-1914 From: United States: Maine, Massachusetts Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: inventor, paper bag, parts of rotary engine, numbering machine Misha Mahowald 1963-1996 From: Switzerland, United States: California, Minnesota Fields: Biology, Engineering, Invention Key Words/Phrases: neuromorphic engineering Sybilla Masters -1720 From: United States: Pennsylvania Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: first American woman inventor, patent for a corn mill Lyda Newman 19th century- From: United States: New York Fields: Invention Key Words/Phrases: inventor, improved hair brush Ellen Ochoa 1958- From: United States: California Fields: Aviation and Space Exploration, Engineering, Invention Key Words/Phrases: astronaut, engineer, NASA (Marie) Gertrude Rand 1886-1970 From: United States: New York Fields: Invention, Psychology Key Words/Phrases: research on vision and lighting, inventor Patsy Sherman 1930-2008 From: United States: Minnesota Fields: Chemistry, Invention Key Words/Phrases: inventor, chemist Valerie Thomas 1943- From: United States: Washington DC Fields: Invention, Physics Lisa Vallino From: United States: Missouri Fields: Invention (Madame C.J.) Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker 1867-1919 From: United States: Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York Fields: Beauty and Fashion, Invention Mary Walton 19th century-? From: United States: New York Fields: Invention |
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