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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