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Magie was an outspoken activist for the feminist movement, and Georgism, which reflected her father's political beliefs when she was young. [2] Georgism refers to the economic perspective that instead of taxing income or other sources, the government should create a universal land tax based on the usefulness, size, and location of the land ().
Hedy Lamarr (/ ˈ h ɛ d i /; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 [a] – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born American actress and inventor. After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial erotic romantic drama Ecstasy (1933), she fled from her first husband, Friedrich Mandl, and secretly moved to Paris.
Flanigen also co-invented a synthetic emerald and was the first female recipient of the Perkin Medal in 1992. Synthetic radiochemistry Irene Joliot-Curie was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for synthesis of new radioactive elements for application in medicine. The prize was shared jointly with her husband Jean Frederic Joliot.
Her legacy was recognized by Killingly Grange No. 112, after the members learned that Mary Kies died with little to her name and her grave was marked with an uninscribed headstone. The group took to honoring her with a new headstone in Old South Killingly cemetery as the first woman in the United States to apply for and receive a patent.
Not much is known of Masters' early life. It is possible that she was born in Bermuda as her father had emigrated from there in 1687. [3] It is believed that she was born around 1676, and in 1687 she and her six sisters emigrated from Bermuda to Burlington Township, New Jersey (along the Delaware River) with her Quaker parents Sarah and William Righton. [3]
Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922 – February 2, 1999) was an American nurse, her husband Albert L. Brown, an electronics technician. In 1966 they invented an audio-visual home security system [1] [2] That same year they applied for a patent for their security system. It was granted three years later in 1969. [1]
Marcia Naylor’s world turned upside down when her husband of 28 years died suddenly two years ago — leaving her to take care of herself and two grandchildren all alone. Don't miss
Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael (born 1927 as Jerry Dean Michael) was briefly an American automobile executive and was a convicted fraudster.During the 1970s energy crisis, Carmichael promoted a prototype for a low-cost fuel-efficient car via Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation, which car was never produced, and fled with investor money. [1]