Bette Nesmith Graham
3/23/1924 — b. Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, artist. Inventor of liquid paper; orig called “Mistake Out”, used a blender to mix the first batch of the formula. Founder of the Mistake Out Company, renamed to Liquid Paper (1956) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #InventorSky #SciSky #HistSci
Sarah Boone's ironing board patent drawing | U.S. No. 473653
c. 1832 – 1904 | Sarah Boone, American inventor. The 2nd Af-Am wmn to obtain a patent,issued U.S. patent 473,563 (1892)for ironing board improvements,specifically to improve the quality of ironing the bodies + sleeves of wmn’s garments #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #InventorSky #woc
Portrait of Eliabeth Lucas Pickney
c. 12/28/1722 — b. Eliza Lucas Pinckney, American inventor, plantation manager. First person to successfully cultivate indigo in the US; creator of a dye-making process developer for indigo, a leading cash crop of the Colonial South for 30+ yrs #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #InventorSky #SciSky #BOTD
Jean Jennings Bartik
12/27/1924 — b. Jean Jennings Bartik, American inventor, technical publisher, computer software developer+programmer. Co-developer of the first all-electronic digital computer ENIAC; #WmnInTech Intl HoF (1997); fellow, Computer Hist Museum (2008) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #InventorSky #TechSky #IP
Sybilla Masters’ Corn processing diagram
1/25/1715 — English Patent #401 is issued to the husband of colonial inventor Sybilla Masters for her 'machines and preparation methods for corn'; as the first female inventor in America (U.S.), she was unable to hold a patent in her name #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #InventorSky #patents #IP #IPsky
