Nowadays, when it comes to inventions or creativity, people often think a lot about men. But in a treasure trove of human discoveries, there are many inventions that bear the mark of women and have a small effect on our lives today.
1. Erase pen
Before his son Mike joined The Monkees and became a popular American teen idol, Mrs. Bette Nesmith was just a secretary working in Texas, where she spent many years perfecting a White, quick-drying paint helps to erase errors on documents. By 1979, meaning 20 years after being granted a patent in 1958, she had sold the patent to Gillette with a huge amount of $ 47.5 million.
2. Paper bags
Before 1868, the time before cotton fiber factory worker Margaret Knight invented a square bottom paper bag , it was popular to use bags shaped like mailing envelopes but it was difficult to carry.
Margaret Knight received a patent in 1871, after a long legal battle with a group of mechanics. Charles Anan - who tried to steal Margaret's invention - thought that such a great invention could not have come from women.
3. Boredom children
Tired of having to wash baby diapers, in 1949, housewife Marion Donovan used a shower curtain, cloth diaper and sewing machine to try to create a help to keep the "mess" of little. Although her efforts to sell inventions were rejected by the market, this great idea inspired the modern diaphragm designs like today.
4. Wireless connection
Not only did she save her mark in many classic films, actress Hedy Lamarr was also known for a famous inventor. With help from composer George Antheil, she was granted a patent for a number of innovations related to spread-spectrum communication technology - the premise that gave rise to later WiFi and Bluetooth.
5. Computer
Grace Hopper was the inventor of the translation machine to translate the language into binary language for Harvard University's Mark I computer in 1944 - she also coined the term "bugging" and "debugging" in submit.
6. Kevlar fiber
Chemist Stephanie Kwolek accidentally invented a strong and durable fiber used as a protective vest for soldiers and armed forces from bullets and damage splashes in 1966 when she was trying to create a kind of lightweight fiber used to make car tires.
7. Folding table bed
In 1885, Sarah E. Goode became the first African-American woman to be granted a patent in the United States when she designed a space-saving table that could be converted into a bed after only a few folding operation. 15 years later, based on her invention, the first famous Murphy bed was launched.
8. Dishwasher
Dishwashers were invented by Josephine Cochrane in 1887 in an effort to help ease housework for themselves and other housewives. Although there have been some improvements, basically most dishwashers still use the mechanism completed by Josephine Cochrane more than a century ago.
9. Need windshield wipers
Manual wipers for cars were first introduced by Mary Anderson in 1903, but were not accepted by the market. They believe that, in rainy weather, snow will be safer to drive with obscured windows than trying to get rid of them.
It wasn't until another woman was a modified Charlotte Bridgwood and launched the automatic version of the lever, the revolution really started.
10. Circular saw
Tabitha Babbitt, an American instrument manufacturer, invented the first used circular saw in a sawmill in 1813. When observing the woodcutter dragging saws, energy was consumed in a way in vain, she decided to embark on research and create a new kind of saw that is friendly and effective. The first product she created was in Albany, New York.
