Famous Women Inventors and Inventions that Made Significant Difference

Women making discoveries and being recognized for the same in the18th Century was not a very common situation

. It was during this period that Caroline Lucretia Herschel discovered eight comets and fourteen nebulae that brought her fame and success. She received many famous awards and laurels like the gold medal from the Royal Astronomical society in Britain for her important discoveries. To honor her and her inventions an asteroid was named after her and is known by the name 281 Lucretia.

Just like Lucretia, over the centuries women inventors and inventions have left a significant mark on the world. Some of them are Mary Dixon Kites, who founded the basic process behind the weaving of straw using silk or thread in 1980. Her, this invention made her the first woman in the United States to receive a patent under her name. The next in the line is Sarah Mather who invented the submarine telescope and lamp. Her invention was widely used to get an estimate on the depth of the ocean. Mary Anderson is another American woman who proved her worth for women inventors and inventions. She invented the windshield wipers in 1903 that got her a patent under her name in 1905. She noticed that people had a tough time cleaning the windshields of their cars especially during rains and during times of snow. This led her to think of a system that could be operated by pressing a button sitting inside the car. This led to the invention of windshield, certainly very useful and important discovery. The first dishwasher used to wash dirty dishes was invented by a woman named Josephine Cochran in the year 1893.

The first folding cabinet bed was invented by Sarah E Goode. She was also the first African American woman to secure a patent to her name in the year 1885 for the same. The specialty of this folding cabinet bed was that it could be used as a writing desk with all the required compartments for writing supplies and stationery during the day and turned into a bed during night. This was a perfect example of utilization of space.

Katharina Paulus a German pilot has lots of achievements to her name. First she was the first woman to become a professionally licensed pilot in Germany. She was the first one to develop a parachute that could be folded and stored inside a bag. Intentional breakaway was yet another invention by Paulus. With this invention she was able to introduce a system to where a small parachute would be opened first and then the next parachute would open up. With her this invention she was able to save lives of many people during the First World War.

Dr Enrique Ostrea was the first one to invent a system with the help of which a it was possible to detect if the unborn fetus had been exposed to any form of alcohol or drugs during the course of the pregnancy. Though basically from Filipino, she moved to USA in the year 1968.

Famous Women Inventors and Inventions that Made Significant Difference

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