Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Randi Altschul, The Phone-Card-Phone
Betsy Ancker-Johnson, The Gigacycle Range Signal Generator
Mary Anderson, The Windshield Wiper  
Virginia Apgar, The Apgar Score
Ruth Arnon, Copaxone
Dorothy Arzner, The Boom Microphone
Barbara Askins, Auto-Radiographic Image Enhancement
Hertha Ayrton, Mathematical Line Dividers
Sarah Tabitha Babbitt, The Circular Saw
Betty Lou Bailey, The Variable Exhaust Nozzle
Ellene Alice Bailey, The Powder Puff
Janet Emerson Bashen, Equal Employment Opportunity Software
Patricia Bath, The Laserphaco Probe
Maria E. Beasley, The Life Raft
Ruth Benerito, Wash-and-Wear Cotton Fabrics
Miriam Benjamin, The Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels
Melitta Bentz, The Coffee Filter
Madame Rosa Binner, A Lightweight Corset
Hazel Bishop, The First Long-Lasting Lipstick
Sara Blakely, Spanx Underwear
Helen Blanchard, Sewing Machine Innovations
Katharine Burr Blodgett, Low-Reflectance “Invisible” Glass
Marie-Anne Boivin, The Pelvimeter and Vaginal Speculum
Vanna Bonta, The 2suit Space Suit
Sarah Boone, The Ironing Board
Yvonne Brill, Propulsion System for Satellites
Rachel Fuller Brown & Elizabeth Lee Hazen, Nystatin
Maya Burhanpurkar, An Intelligent Antibiotic
Herminie Cadolle, The Modern Bra
Mary P. Carpenter, Sewing Machine Modifications
Joyce Chen, The Flat-Bottom Wok with Handle
Edith Clarke, The Clarke Calculator
Adelaide Claxton, An Ear-Cap
Mrs. Clements, English Mustard
Eleanor Coade, Coade Stone
Josephine Cochrane, The Automatic Dishwasher
Anna Connelly, The Fire Escape Bridge
Martha Coston, The Coston Flare
Caresse Crosby, The Modern Brassiere
Emily Cummins, A Sustainable Refrigerator
Marie Curie Polonium, Radium, and X-Ray Technology
 Mary A. Delaney, The Retractable Dog Leash
Marion Donovan, The Waterproof Disposable Diaper
Emily C. Duncan, The Banking Calculator
 Ellen Eglin, A Clothes-Wringer for Washing Machines
Princess Elena of Montenegro, The Signed Photograph
Gertrude Elion, The First Drugs for Leukemia
Amalia Eriksson, Polkagris
Judith Esser-Mittag, The Digital-Style Tampon
Fiona Fairhurst, The Speedo Fastskin Swimsuit
Myra Juliet Farrell, Domestic Devices, Medication, and Military Aids
Sally Fox, Foxfibre Cotton
Rosalind Franklin, The Structure of DNA
Helen Murray, Free Self-Testing Systems for Diabetes
Ida Freund, Periodic Table Cupcakes and a Gas Measuring Tube
Frances Gabe, The Self-Cleaning House
Pratibha L. Gai, The Atomic-Resolution ETEM
Letitia Mumford Geer, The One-Handed Syringe
Mary Hopkinson Gibbon, A Pump-Oxygenator
Barbara Gilmour, Dunlop Cheese
Sarah E. Goode, A Folding Cabinet Bed
Bette Nesmith, Graham Liquid Paper
Bessie Blount Griffin, A Feeding Device for Amputees
Sarah Guppy, Piling Foundations for Bridges
Mandy Haberman, The Anywayup Cup
Mary Hallock-Greenewalt, Visual Music
Hanna Hammarström, Telephone Wires in Sweden
Ruth Handler, The Barbie Doll
 Marie Harel, Camembert Wheels
Martha Matilda Harper, The Reclining Shampoo Chair
Diane Hart, Clearing Explosive Devices
Beulah Louise Henry, A Bobbin-Free Sewing Machine
Erna Schneider Hoover, Computerized Telephone Switching
Grace Hopper, Computer Programming
Harriet Hosmer, Turning Limestone to Marble
Valerie Hunter-Gordon, The Disposable Diaper
Ida Henrietta Hyde, An Intracellular Micropipette Electrode
Hypatia of Alexandria, The Astrolabe and the Hydrometer
Nancy Johnson, The Ice Cream Maker
Rebecca Johnson, An Egg-Hatching Incubator
Amanda T. Jones, A Vacuum Method of Canning
Eldorado Jones, An Airplane Muffler
Marjorie Stewart Joyner, A Permanent Wave Machine
Anna Keichline, The “K Brick”
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, The Sanitary Belt
Elizabeth Kenny, The Sylvia Stretcher
Phyllis Kerridge, The Miniature pH Electrode
Mary Dixon Kies, Weaving Straw with Silk
Marie Killick, The Truncated Sapphire Stylus
Elizabeth S. Kingsley, The Double-Crostic Puzzle
Margaret Knight, The Flat-Bottomed Paper Bag
Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar
Hedy Lamarr, Secret Communication System
Florence Lawrence, Automobile Turn Signals
Sonja de Lennart, The Original Capri Pants
Rita Levi-Montalcini, Nerve-Growth Factor
Ada Lovelace, Computer Programming
Lizzie Magie, The Landlord’s Game
Joy Mangano, The Miracle Mop
Agnes Marshall, The Ice Cream Freezer
Marie Marvingt, Metal Skis on Air Ambulances
Mary the Jewess, The Alembic and the Bain-Marie
Sybilla Masters, The Corn Mill
Barbara McClintock, Genetic Transposition
Lise Meitner, Nuclear Fission
Florence Melton, The Washable Slipper
Ann Moore, Snugli Baby Carrier
Mary Sherman Morgan, Liquid Rocket-Fuel Hydyne
Lyda D. Newman, The Cleanable Hairbrush
Alice Parker, A Gas Heating Furnace
Florence Parpart, The Street-Sweeper and the Refrigerator
Frances Paulet, Stilton Cheese
Lily Pavey, The Musigraph or Musikriter
Anna Pavlova, The Modern Ballet Shoe
Mary Engle Pennington, Cold Storage
Judy W. Reed, A Dough Kneader and Roller
Angela Ruiz Robles, A Book Reader
Ernestine Rose, A Room Deodorizer
Lady Anne Savile, An Anti-Seasickness Bed
Margaret Claire Shephard, Agricultural Fungicides
Patsy Sherman, Scotchgard Stain Repellent
Beatrice Shilling, The RAE Restrictor
Amy B. Smith, The Screenless Hammer Mill and Phase-Change Incubator
Harriet Williams Russell Strong, Water Storage and Flood Control
Bridget Elizabeth Talbot, A Waterproof Electric Torch for Lifebelts
Mária Telkes, Solar Energy Conversion
Temple Grandin, The Hug Box
Giuliana Tesoro, Flame-Retardant Fiber
Halldis Aalvik Thune, The Neck-Aid Support
Emma Lilian Todd, The Todd Biplane
Ann Tsukamoto, Human Stem Cell Isolation
Madeline M. Turner, Turner’s Fruit Press
Marie Van Brittan Brown, The Home Security System
Ada Henry Van Pelt, A Device to Eliminate Flywheels from Steam Engines
Lady Ann Vavasour, Machinery for Tilling Land
Jeanne Villepreux-Power, The Aquarium
Ruth Graves Wakefield, The Chocolate Chip Cookie
Madam C.J. Walker, Beauty and Hair Products
Mary Walton, Pollution-Reducing Devices
Justine Johnstone Wanger, Intravenous Drip Therapy
Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Wooden Alphabet Blocks
Margaret A. Wilcox, The Car Heater
Flossie Wong-Staal, Cloning HIV
Nancy Farley Wood, The Ionizing Radiation Detector
Chien-Shiung Wu, The Wu Experiment
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Radioimmunoassay  
Rachel Zimmerman Brachman, The Blissymbol Printer




 

About the Author

Charlotte Montague is a writer who specializes in history. Her father was a naval officer, and as a child, she traveled the world with her family. After gaining an MA degree in History from Sussex University, she began writing on a variety of subjects including ethnic cultures, travel and music. Since then, she has continued to write on costumes, flags, knots, body adornment, sea shanties and many other topics. More recently, she developed an interest in the history of crime at sea, not only in Europe but further afield. Her current research has taken her to many parts of the globe, including Africa and the Far East, particularly the islands of the South Pacific. She travels for most of the year, but returns frequently to her home, a remote eighteenth-century cottage close to a famous smuggler's cove on the Cornish coast.