Inventions By Women

INVENTION

INVENTOR

YEAR

1. Alphabet blocks

Adeline D. T. Whitney

1882

2. Chocolate-chip cookies

Ruth Wakefield

1930

3. Circular saw

Tabitha Babbitt

1812

4. Dishwasher

Josephine Cochran

1872

5. Disposable diaper

Marion Donovan

1950

6. Electric hot water heater

Ida Forbes

1917

7. Elevated railway

Mary Walton

1881

8. Fire escape

Anna Connelly

1887

9. Globes

Ellen Fitz

1875

10. Ironing board

Sarah Boone

1892

11. Life raft

Maria Beaseley

1882

12. Locomotive chimney

Mary Walton

1879

13. Medical syringe

Letitia Geer

1899

14. Paper-bag-making machine

Margaret Knight

1871

15. Rolling pin

Catherine Deiner

1891

16. Snugli® baby carrier

Ann Moore

1965

17. Street-cleaning machine

Florence Parpart

1900

18. Windshield wiper

Mary Anderson

1903