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Some names such as Marie Curie and Ada Lovelace are widely known, many other women have been active inventors and innovators in a wide range of interests and applications, contributing important developments to the world in which we live. [2] [3] The following is a list of notable women innovators and inventors displayed by country.
Hungarian-American MIT inventor Mária Telkes and American architect Eleanor Raymond created, in 1947, the Dover Sun House, the first house powered by solar energy. Wrinkle-free fiber Wrinkle-free fiber invented by Ruth R. Benerito The invention was said to have "saved the cotton industry".
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Mabel Addis - Wrote the mainframe game The Sumerian Game (1964), becoming the first female video game designer. [1]Tina Amini - IGN editor-in-chief. [2]Anna Anthropy - American video game designer who has worked on multiple indie games such as Mighty Jill Off and is the game designer in residence at the DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media.
Shunpei Yamazaki (born 1942), Japan – patents in computer science and solid-state physics, see List of prolific inventors; Gazi Yaşargil (born 1925), Turkey – Microneurosurgery; Ryōichi Yazu (1878–1908), Japan – Yazu Arithmometer; Gunpei Yokoi (1941–1997), Japan – Game Boy; Arthur M. Young (1905–1995), U.S. – Bell Helicopter
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 ...
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