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BRILLIANT WOMEN INVENTORS!

      We are used to seeing men as the pioneer of many inventions but little did we know that some of the most common things we use were invented by ingenious women.

      Some Amazing Women... Enjoy! :)
Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Car Heater:
Margaret A. Wilcox invented the first car heater in 1893. The car heater directed air from over the engine to warm the chilly toes of noble's in 19th-century motorists.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Monopoly:
Elizabeth Magie invents one of the most famous board games of all time 'The Landlord's Game' (Monopoly now) in 1904. Magie's game was a criticism of the injustices of unchecked capitalism, unfortunately 30 years later her game was completely ripped off by Charles Darrow, who sold it to Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers tracked down Magie and paid her $500 for her part.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Fire Escape:
Anna Connelly invented the fire escape in 1887. This is so vital to public safety and has saved many lives ever since.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Life Raft/Boats:
Maria Beasely invented life boats in 1882, wishing that, "People should stop dying in huge transportation disasters." Her invention is vital for saving lives and survival in the open sea. She also invented a machine for making barrels that made her incredibly rich.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Residential Solar Heating:
Dr. Maria Telkes, a physicist and a solar-power pioneer, collaborated with an equally equipped woman, Eleanor Raymond, an architect, to build the first home fully heated by solar power in 1947. Their 'Solar One' was the first solar-heated home.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Medical Syringe:
Letitia Geer invented a medical syringe in 1899. This medical syringe can be operated with only one hand. An innovation only doctors and nurses using it appreciate - The rest of us, not so much.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Modern Electric Refrigerator:
Florence Parpart invented the modern electric refrigerator in 1914. Parpart also invented and received a patent for a massively improved street-cleaning machine, in 1900. She promoted it and sold it to cities across the United States of America.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Ice Cream Maker:
Nancy Johnson invented the ice cream freezer in 1843, patenting a design which is still used to the current day, even after the invention of electric ice cream makers. Her design is still the best when it comes to ice cream flavors and taste.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Computer Algorithm:
Ada Lovelace from a young age became a champion of mathematics. She was encouraged by her scientist mother. Lovelace became 'the first computer programmer' as she worked with Charles Babbage at the University of London on his plans for an 'analytic engine' (i.e. old-time computer) to develop ways to program the machine with mathematical algorithms.



Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Telecommunications Technology:
Dr Shirley Jackson is a theoretical physicist and she was the first black woman to receive a Ph.D. from MIT, in 1973. While working at Bell Laboratories, she conducted breakthrough basic scientific research that gave a boost to other inventors to invent the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting that we enjoy today.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Dishwasher:
Josephine Cochrane invented the dishwasher in 1887. In an era where men ruled the land, she courageously marketed her invention to hotel owners. Even without a husband, brother, or father helping her, she valiantly succeeded and in the end she even opened her own factory.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Wireless Transmissions Technology:
Hedy Lamarr, a world-famous film star, invented the wireless transmissions technology. Her invention of secret communications system during World War II for radio-controlled torpedoes, employing 'frequency hopping' technology, has been the technological backbone for what we know now as from Wi-Fi to GPS.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
CCTV:
Marie Van Brittan Brown invented CCTV. During 1960s, police were slow to respond to calls for help in the neighbourhood of New York City, because of this MS Brown invented a system called 'Closed-Circuit Television' security, it was intended to help people guarantee their own security until the police arrived. She received her patented in 1969. Her invention is the mother for all modern CCTV systems used for home security and police work today.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
The Paper Bag:
Margaret Knight invented square-bottomed bags that are still used widely and in stores until this day. She received her patent for the machine in 1871, after a long legal battle with Charles Anan, who tried to steal her work by arguing that a woman couldn't possibly have invented such a brilliant device. When Knight was 12 years old, she invented a safety device for cotton mills which is also still used today.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Central Heating:
Alice H. Parker invented a system of gas-powered central heating furnace in 1919. However, her design was never built, it was the first time an inventor had conceived of using natural gas to heat a personal home. Parker's gas heating furnace revolutionized how people heat their homes and inspired the central heating systems of today.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Kevlar:
Stephanie Kwolek is a chemist who invented the super-strong Kevlar fibre, used to make bulletproof vests. Kwolek's invention is five times stronger than steel, and also has around 200 other uses.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Computer Software:
Dr Grace Murray Hopper is a computer scientist who invented COBOL - 'the first user-friendly business computer software program'. She was the first person to use the term 'bug' to describe a glitch in a computer system, after discovering an actual moth triggering trouble in her computer. She is also a rear admiral in the U.S. navy.

Shangrala's Brilliant Women Inventors
Mesopotamian Women - 'Beer':
Believe it or not, beer is totally a woman's drink. According to beer historian Jane Peyton, she claims that ancient Mesopotamian women were the first to develop, sell, and even drink beer. It's still unknown who exactly 'invented' the beer we know, enjoy, and love.



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