Inventions by Women

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Hello and welcome to the Girls Succeed blog! Thank you to historical Western author Charlene Raddon  for sharing these inventions by women. I think some will surprise you and some will make you smile. Click here to visit Charlene's author website. 
This blog post was originally posted on the Cowboy Kisses blog.
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Inventions by Women

1. Car Heater

Old car

Margaret A. Wilcox invented the car heater in 1893. She also invented a combined clothes and dishwasher machine which evidently did not go over well.

2. Monopoly

Monopoly

This popular board game was designed by Elizabeth Magie in 1904. Originally called The Landlord's Game, it's purpose was to expose the injustices of unchecked capitalism. Charles Darrow stole the game and sold it to Parker Brothers 30 years later, but she did receive $500 from Parker Brothers.

3. The Fire escape

The fire escape was invented by Anna Connelly in 1887.

4. Residential Solar Heating

Solar heating for residential housing was invented by Dr. Maria Telkes in 1947. She was a Psychiatrist in addition to being a Solar-Power Pioneer

5. The Life Raft

The Life Raft was invented by MariaBeasely in 1882 (Maria also invented a machine that makes barrels).

 6.  Medical Syringe 

Syringe-one handed way of giving shots-ouch

The medical syringe which could be operated with only one hand was invented by a woman by the name of Letitia Geer in 1899

7. The Modern Electric Refrigerator

The electric refrigerator was invented by Florence Parpart in 1914 (She also invented an improved street cleaning machine).

8. The Ice Cream Maker

Ice cream---Mmmmm good!

The ice cream maker was invented by a woman named Nancy Johnson in 1843. Her patented design is still used today.

9. The Computer Algorithm

Desktop computer

Ada Lovelace is essentially the first computerprogrammer due to her work with Charles Babbage at the University of London in 1842. In fact, her notes were an essential key to helping Alan Turing's work on the first modern computers in the 1940s.

10. Telecommunications Technology

 Some of the Telecommunication Technology developed by Dr. Shirley Jackson include portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting.

These amazing women in history didn't give up on their ideas to invent products thatcontinue to be helpful to us right now in the 21st century.

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Meet some contemporary women who didn't give up on their dreams either in the non-fiction book for girls, Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women.

Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women
by J.Q. Rose
To empower and inspire girls
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ByRochelle Weber, Roses & Thorns Reviews

Format: Kindle Edition

This is a wonderful book. It contains the stories of several women in many 

walks of life who have pursued their dreams and succeeded in reaching 

them.

Each story starts with the age at which the woman decided what 

she wanted to be when she grew up, and then tells how she reached 

her goal. In some instances the women went to college and got one 

or more degrees in order to pursue their dreams. In other instances

 they practiced daily at athletics or music. There was even the story of 

a woman who became a truck driver. Yes--a woman who drives a big rig.

 I'm pursuing my dream of writing and being published, 

and even I found it inspiring and empowering. Thanks, Ms. Rose.