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Honoring Women



                                      in STEM








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        The National Inventors Hall of Fame  honors these amazing female
        innovators who are not only changing the world through their inventions,

        but are helping to inspire young women to explore STEM.


        Mary Anderson                 Marion Donovan                Margaret Knight
        Windshield Wiper              Waterproof Diaper Cover       Machine for Making Flat-Bottomed
                                                                    Paper Bags
        Frances Arnold                Mildred Dresselhaus
        Directed Evolution            Superlattice Structures for   Stephanie Kwolek
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                                      Thermoelectric Devices        Kevlar Fiber
        Ruth Benerito
        Wrinkle-Free Cotton           Gertrude Belle Elion          Hedy Lamarr
                                      Anti-Leukemia Drugs           Frequency Hopping Technique
        Carolyn Bertozzi
        Bioorthogonal Chemistry       Edith Flanigen                Frances Ligler
                                      Molecular Sieves              Portable Optical Biosensors
        Helen Blanchard
        Zig-Zag Sewing-Machine        Helen Free                    Barbara Liskov
                                      Glucose Detection for Diabetes  Programming Languages and
        Katharine Burr Blodgett                                     System Design
        Langmuir-Blodgett Films       Elizabeth Lee Hazen
                                      Nystatin                      Radia Perlman
        Yvonne Brill                                                Robust Network Routing and
        Rocket Propulsion Systems     Beulah Louise Henry           Bridging
                                      Ice Cream Freezer
        Rachel Fuller Brown                                         Patsy Sherman
        Nystatin                      Beatrice Hicks                Scotchgard™ Textile Protector
                                      Device for Sensing Gas Density
        Mary-Dell Chilton                                           Harriet Strong
        Transgenic Plant              Erna Schneider Hoover         Water Storage and Flood Control
                                      Computerized Telephone Switching
        Edith Clarke                                                Esther Takeuchi
        Graphical Calculator          Allene Jeanes                 Lithium/Silver Vanadium Oxide
                                      Dextran Production; Xanthan Gum   Battery Technology
        Josephine Garis Cochran
        Dishwasher                    Kristina Johnson              Mária Telkes
                                      Polarization-Control Technology  Solar Thermal Storage System
        Martha Coston
        Signal Flares used by Ships   Mary Dixon Kies
                                      Weaving Straw with Silk or Thread


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     http://dx.doi.org/10.21300/19.4.2018.763
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