Tag: Women

 “The only sound knowledge I possess is the realization of my own little worth” Betty Julia Sullivan was a female pioneer in the field of

Ella Cora Hind was born in Toronto in 1861 to parents Edwin and Jane, with Huguenot and English stock on one side and Irish Loyalist

Born in Lexington, Massachusetts, Amy Smith is an inventor, teacher and founder of MIT D-Lab and Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. She has

Margaret was born in York, Maine – one of a large family and was, according to historian Henri Petroski, known around town for making toys

Hannah Wilkinson Slater (15-12-1774 – 02-10-1812) Hannah Wilkinson Slater was an early American pioneer and inventor. She grew up in a Quaker family, in Pawtucket,

Sybilla Righton Masters can lay claim to being the first person living in the American colonies to be awarded an English patent – two in

An interesting candidate for this archive – her links to milling are somewhat tenuous – the link being green energy and its storage.  This is

Maria Christina Bruhn was Sweden’s first female inventor in the field of military technology. Born in Stockholm in 1732, she was the eldest of three

Countess Eva Ekeblad née Eva De La Gardie (10/07/1724 – 15/05/1786) was born into the Swedish aristocracy, and was a salon hostess, scientist and  agronomist.