Did you know that women control:
52% of businesses in the US?
70% of the spendable income?
Might want to update your thinking about women! (Source for this article)
** In 1845, Sarah Mather received a patent for the invention of a submarine telescope and lamp. This was a remarkable device that permitted sea-going vessels to survey the depths of the ocean.
** Silver Screen superstar Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Kiesler Markey) with the help of composer George Antheil invented a secret communication system in an effort to help the allies defeat the Germans in World War II.
The invention, patented in 1941, manipulated radio frequencies between transmission and reception to develop an unbreakable code so that top-secret messages could not be intercepted.
** A unique safety elevator invented by multi-patent holder Harriet Tracy and a device for lifting and transporting invalids invented by Sarah Sands.
** Margaret Knight was born in 1838. She received her first patent at the age of 30, eventually received some 26 patents. Her machine that made flat-bottomed paper bags is still used to this day!
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