On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.) Of course, women inventors existed before this time, ...

On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.) Of course, women inventors existed before this time, ...

Much of the scarce information, available about the life of James White, a civil engineer and author of the remarkable book A New Century of Inventions, comes from biographical statements in the above ...

After their virtual family dinner this Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will be unwittingly thankful that Josephine Cochran overcame the societal hurdles of the 19 th century and invented the first ...

On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.) Of course, women inventors existed before this time, ...