Women Inventors

Throughout history and right through to modern times, women have played an integral role in the world of innovation. Women created inventions including the dishwasher and windshield wipers both of which we could not imagine living without. Life-saving inventions such as the fire escape and life raft were also invented by women.

So take a moment to enjoy this interesting list of great women and their inventions:

1800’s

1. Nancy Johnson – Ice Cream Maker – 1843.

2. Anne Connelly – Fire Escape – 1887.

3. Margaret Knight – Square Bottomed paper bag – 1870.

4. Maria Beasley – Life Raft – 1880.

5. Josephine Cochrane – Dishwasher – 1886.

1900’s

1. Mary Anderson – Windshield Wiper – 1903

2.  Margaret Knight – Rotary Engine – 1904.

3.  Melitta Benz – Coffee Filter – 1908

4.  Ruth Graves Wakefield – Chocolate Chip Cookie – 1938

5.  Marion Donovan – Disposable Diapers – 1946

6.  Grace Hopper – Computer Software – 1950s.

7.  Bessie NeSmith – Liquid Paper – 1951.

8.  Stephanie Kwolek – Kevlar – 1965.

9.  Marie Van Brittan Brown – Home Security System – 1966.

10. Ann Tsukamoto – Stem Cell Isolation – 1991.

11. Joy Mangano – Miracle Mop – 1991.

2000’s

1.   Emily Cummins – Electricity Free Fridge – 2009

2.  Ann Makosinski – Hollow Flashlight (works from the heat of the human hand) – 2013.