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Women never would have invented television?
Author Fay Weldon argues that in a women's world, babies would be treasured but we'd have no technology.
Carol Lloyd [2008-02-01]

  • Some Inventions and Discoveries By Women

    A Non-comprehensive List in Alphabetical Order:

    Bra - Mary Phelps Jacob, 1913

    Maize Mill - Sybilla Masters, 1715

    Dishwasher - Josephine Cochran, 1893

    Disposable Diapers - Marion Donovan, 1950

    DNA - Rosalind Franklin (with Watson & Crick who kept the credit for themselves), 1953

    Frequency-Hopped Spread Spectrum Invention (an unbreakable cryptographic device used in WWII) - Hedy Lamaar (yes, the actress), 1941

    Illusion Transmitter (holographic TV) - Valarie Thomas, 1980

    Kevlar - Stephanie Kwolek, 1966

    Nysatin (the first anti-fungal antibioic) - Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown, 1957

    Paper Bags (including the machines still used today) - Margaret Knight, 1870

    Oil Furnace - Amanda Jones, 1880

    Pyrotechnic Flare - Martha J. Cotson, 1871

    Radium, Polonium, and their medical applications - Marie Curie, 1898

    Scotchgard - Patsy Sherman, 1952

    Windshield Wiper - Mary Anderson, 1903

    -- djmagaro
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    Friday, February 1, 2008 10:01 AM
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