Sybilla Righton Masters
Sybilla Righton Masters was the first person living in the American colonies to be awarded an English patent – two in fact, and possibly the first female machinery inventor in America.
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Betty Sullivan
Betty Julia Sullivan was a female pioneer in the field of chemical engineering, where she won several prestigious awards against strict competition.
Hannah Wilkinson Slater
Hannah Wilkinson Slater was an early American pioneer and inventor.
Elizabeth Mackay
New Zealander Elizabeth Mackay was a full partner in farming activities, owning 125 acres in her own right.
Esther Marion Pretoria James
Esther Marion Pretoria James was remarkable for the diversity of her achievements, and in the 1930s became a national celebrity during a sponsored walk of the length of New Zealand.
Harriet Hosmer
American sculptor and innovator
Hertha Ayrton
Hertha Ayrton was an engineer and mathematician. She was awarded the Royal Society’s Hughes Medal, and is well known as a suffragette.
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. As a natural beauty seen widely on the big screen in films like Samson and Delilah and White Cargo, society has long ignored her inventive genius.
Florence Lawrence
As one of the first motion picture stars, Florence Lawrence was known as “The Biograph Girl.” Throughout her career she appeared in almost 300 films and became one of the first women to lead a US film studio. She was also an inventor and was credited as the inventor of the turn signal and the brake signal for automobiles.
Dr Patricia Era Bath
Cataract surgery pioneer Patricia Bath was the first African-American to complete a residency in ophthalmology, after obtaining her MD at Howard University and her fellowship in ophthalmology at Columbia University.