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Things you Didn’t Know were Invented by Women

Dec 05, 2018

Women have made some amazing contributions to the world and have done some inventions that we use in our daily routine. From bulletproof fabric to the medical syringe, women have invented a lot of things. Check out the things you didn’t know were invented by women:

• Monopoly game

It was made by Elizabeth Magie in 1904

• Life raft

The life raft was invented by Maria Beasley in 1882

• Windshield wipers

Mary Anderson invented windshield wipers in 1902

• Ice cream maker

We all love ice cream right? Thanks to Nancy Johnson who invented ice cream maker in 1943

• Bulletproof fabric

Stephanie Kwolek invented this bulletproof fabric in 1965

• The dishwasher

Josephine Cochrane made every women’s life easy by inventing this in 1887

• CCTV camera

Marie Van Brittan invented CCTV in 1969

• Computer software

You read it right. Dr. Grace Murray Hopper developed computer software

• Beer

Beer is associated with men but it is totally a girl’s drink. Beer historian Jane Peyton claims that ancient Mesopotamian women were the first to develop, sell, and even drink beer.

• Paper bag

Margaret Knight invented the machine that could produce paper bags.

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