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Red Fife wheat – a Canadian landrace descendant of Western Ukrainian wheat, first grown by David Fife in Upper Canada in 1842. Spartan apple – an apple similar to the McIntosh introduced to Summerland, British Columbia in 1936, developed by R. C. Palmer.
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 ]
Minnie "Jerri" Mumford (1909–2002) – serving member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) during World War II; Rear Admiral Leonard W. Murray (1896–1971) – Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Northwest Atlantic during World War II; Henry Norwest MM & Bar (1884–1918) – sniper in World War I
The 2021 HERoes Future Female Leaders list celebrates 100 inspirational women who are not yet senior leaders in an organisation but are making a significant contribution to gender diversity at work.
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]
Also: Canada: People: By occupation: Scientists / Women by occupation: Women scientists This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Canadian scientists . It includes scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
21st-century Canadian inventors (9 P) Pages in category "Canadian inventors" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.
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