Inventions by Women

1944

Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers invented this somewhat pseudoscientific psychological test

1946

Marion Donovan improved infant hygiene with these

1938

Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the recipe for this popular desert

1919

Alice Parker invented this gas-powered system for the home

1868

Margaret Knight designed a machine that mass produced these, which are still used in grocery stores today

1930s

Leila Alice Denmark co-created this vaccine, which prevented a high-contagious bacteria that often affected children

1985

Carmela Vitale invented this object you might see in a Domino's or Papa Johns box

1961

Mathematician Katherine Johnson created the calculations which where crucial to the success of this spaceflight, which sent the first United States astronaut into space

1948

Bessie Blount Griffin, a physical therapist, invented this device to help WW2 amputees

2000s

VP of Google Marian Croak advanced this technology, which led to crucial video conferencing software like FaceTime and Zoom

1885

Sarah E. Goode invented this furniture piece for working-class people in small apartments, and it was a precursor to a similar product by William Lawrence Murphy

1956

Mary Kenner patented this invention to provide more comfortable menstruation by eliminating chaffing, but it would become obsolete in the 80s.

1885-86

Josephine Cochrane invented the first hand-powered version of this common household appliance

1899

American nurse Letitia Geer invented this device commonly used in medical practices today, though sometimes feared by children

1965

Stephanie Kwolek created this life-saving material used to make bulletproof vests

1960s

Margaret Hamilton created this term to describe her work--work that was critical to the success of Apollo 11

1877

Anna Connelly designed these life-saving urban structures after a devastating fire in NYC caused widespread destruction and loss of life