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Invention

Recommended books:

Mothers and Daughters of Invention : Notes for a Revised History of Technology by Autumn Stanley.
(Enormous work! Includes biographical sketches and accomplishments of women scientists, inventors, patent holders, etc. from many countries.)
Feminine Ingenuity : Women and Invention in America by Anne L. Macdonald
Women Invent : Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World by Susan Casey
Women Inventors (American Profiles (Facts on File, Inc.) by Linda Jacobs Altman
Women Inventors & Their Discoveries (Profiles) by Ethlie Ann Vare, Greg Ptacek (Contributor)

Born Before 20th Century:

Sybilla Masters, d.1720 (American Colonies)
Women Inventors : Sybilla Masters, Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and Mildred Davidson Austin Smith, Stephanie Kwolek, Frances Gabe by Jean F. Blashfield
Mary Kies, 18-19th century (U.S.A.)
Mary Brush, 19th century (U.S.A.)
Ada Byron Lovelace, 1815-1851 (Great Britain)
Another biography
Ada: The Enchantress of Numbers: Prophet of the Computer Ageby Betty Alexandra Toole, Leah Schwartz
Martha J. Coston, b.1826 (U.S.A.)
Another profile
Margaret Knight, 1838-1914 (U.S.A.)
Helen Augusta Blanchard, 1840-1922 (U.S.A.)
Rebecca "Carrie" Jane Billings Everson, 1842-1914 (U.S.A.)
The Development of the Flotation Process: Technological Change and the Genesis of Modern Mining, 1898-1911. Look for mention of Carrie Everson in section II. Early Experiments

Women Inventors (American Profiles (Facts on File, Inc.) by Linda Jacobs Altman
Mary Walton (U.S.A.)
Kate Gleason, 1865-1933 (U.S.A.)
(Madame C.J.) Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker, 1867-1919 (U.S.A.: LA, MS, MO, CO, IN, NY)
Another profile
Villa Lewaro: Home of Madame C.J. Walker
Madame C J Walker by Cookie Lommel
Women Inventors : Catherine Green, Harriet Hosmer, Madame C.J. Walker, Yvonne Brill, Naney Perkins by Jean F. Blashfield
Blanche Ames Ames, 1878-1969 (U.S.A.)
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, 1878-1972 (U.S.A.)
Another biography
Another biography
As I Remember : An Autobiography by Lillian Gilbreth by Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Managing on Her Own : Dr. Lillian Gilbreth and Women's Work in the Interwar Era by Laurel Graham
Elizabeth Lee Hazen, 1885-1975 (U.S.A.)
(Marie) Gertrude Rand, 1886-1970 (U.S.A.)
Beulah Louise Henry, b. 1887 (U.S.A.)
Anna W. Keichline, b.1890 (U.S.A.)
Marjorie Stewart Joyner, 1896-1994 (U.S.A.: VA, IL)
Another profile
African-American Inventors : Lonnie Johnson, Frederick McKinley Jones, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Augustus Morgan by Fred M. B. Amram et al.
Katherine Blodgett, 1898-1979 (U.S.A.)
Another profile
Rachel Fuller Brown, 1898-1980 (U.S.A.)
Mary Anderson, late 19th century (U.S.A.: AL)
Ellen Eglui, late 19th century (U.S.A.: DC)

Born 20th Century:

Virginia Apgar (U.S.A.)
Legendary Women: Two Professors, Apgar, Benedict, Will Be Honored
Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito (U.S.A.: LA)
Patricia Billings (U.S.A.)
Bessie Blount (U.S.A.: VA, IL, NJ)
Gertrude Belle Elion (U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
Gertrude Elion : Master Chemist (Masters of Invention) by Stephanie St. Pierre
Edith M. Flanigen (U.S.A.)
Sally Fox (U.S.A.)
Frances Gabe (U.S.A.)
Women Inventors : Sybilla Masters, Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and Mildred Davidson Austin Smith, Stephanie Kwolek, Frances Gabe by Jean F. Blashfield
Bette Nesmith Graham (U.S.A.)
Women Inventors : Amanda Jones, Mary Anderson, Bette Nesmith Graham, Dr. Ruth Benerito, Becky Schroeder by Jean F. Blashfield
Temple Grandin (U.S.A.)
Another profile
Thinking in Pictures : And Other Reports from My Life With Autism by Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks
Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals by Temple Grandin (Editor)
Krisztina Holly (U.S.A.)
Imaging Success Stories by Kim Zimmerman, Krisztina Holly, Chris Brookins
Erna Schneider Hoover (U.S.A.)
Grace Murray Hopper (U.S.A.)
Another biography
Understanding Computers by Grace Murray Hopper et al.
Stephanie Kwolek (U.S.A.)
Another profile
Women Inventors : Sybilla Masters, Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and Mildred Davidson Austin Smith, Stephanie Kwolek, Frances Gabe by Jean F. Blashfield
Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) (Austria, U.S.A.)
Another profile
Misha Mahowald (U.S.A.)
Misha Mahowald at the WITI Hall of Fame Ceremony
An Analog Vlsi System for Stereoscopic Vision by Misha Mahowald
Ann Moore (U.S.A.)
Ellen Ochoa (U.S.A.)
Ellen Ochoa : The First Hispanic Woman Astronaut by Maritza Romero
Hispanic Scientists : Ellen Ochoa, Carlos A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Maria Elena Zavala by Jetty St. John, Jetty Kahn
Betty M. Rozier (U.S.A.)
Another article
Patsy Sherman (U.S.A.)
Lisa Vallino (U.S.A.)
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
Rosalyn Yalow Nobel Laureate : Her Life and Work in Medicine : A Biographical Memoir by Eugene Straus

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