I’m sure you already know that women have invented some really cool stuff
(and yes, a lot of them did it like Ginger, in high heels and backwards).
I’m not good for much today — still making my stand at the precipice of microbial infestation, repelling invaders with my mighty ibuprofen and vitamin C — but I betcha none of these women would have let a little illness stop them from inventing frozen pizzas or torpedo guidance systems. And as soon as I stop hacking my lungs up, I’m going to be just like them.
Women who make things impress the hell out of me. I made a box once that would hold a full water glass stable on the nightstand so the cat couldn’t knock it over at night (our Bella, Zack’s sister, had a passion for bopping things until they fell down). It was just a little thing, but I made it myself, and it pleased Nicola enormously. It’s probably the only useful thing I even conceived and executed in that particular inventive way.
So I admire the women in this article tremendously. If you know about any other cool women inventors, please feel free to share here.
Enjoy your Monday.
For the geeks out there, we can’t forget Grace Hopper, the woman (and Naval officer) who invented COBOL
http://www.women-inventors.com/Dr-Grace-Murray-Hopper.asp
My favourite is Shaker inventor, Sarah Babbit, of Massachusetts, who invented the first circular saw in 1810.
Rosalind Franklin, a Brirish scientist who helped discover the form of DNA, although she got precious little credit for it. Her research with x-rays was swiped by Crick and Watson, who won the Nobel Prize.