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Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [ 1 ] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [ 1 ]
Tabitha Babbitt (1779–1853), American inventor and tool maker; Mary Brush (fl. 1815), American inventor; Martha Coston (1826–1904), American inventor; Ellen Eglin (1849–fl. 1890), American inventor; Caroline Eichler (1809–1843), German inventor, instrument maker and prostheses designer. Hanna Hammarström (1829–1909), Swedish inventor
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]
Sarah Maria Beach was born in Birmingham, England, and baptised in November 1770 as a daughter of Richard and Mary Beach. [6] She married Samuel Guppy in 1795. In 1811 she patented the first of her inventions, a method of making safe piling for bridges.
Little has been recorded about Eglin's early life, which was a common theme among many early Black women inventors. Ellen F. Eglin was born in the state of Maryland in February 1836, according to the 1880 census. At some time, she and her family moved to Washington, D.C., where Eglin made her living as a housekeeper and a government employee ...
Hannah Slater (née Wilkinson; 1774–1812) was an early American pioneer and inventor. [1] Some sources state that she was the first American woman to receive a patent, [2] [3] however others state that Hazel Irwin, who received a patent for a cheese press in 1808, [4] [5] or Mary Kies, in 1809, was the first.
Maria E. Beasley (née Hauser; c. 1836–1913) was an American entrepreneur and inventor.Born in North Carolina, Beasley grew up with a strong interest in mechanical work and learned about the profession of barrel-making from her grandfather.
One of the first African-American women to receive a United States patent Sarah Elisabeth Goode (1855 – April 8, 1905) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. She was one of the first known African American women to receive a United States patent , which she received in 1885 for her cabinet bed.