by Julie Austin | Jul 14, 2025 | Inventors, Keynote Speakers
As the keynote speaker at Procter & Gamble’s International Engineering Conference, I was stunned to learn that women make up only 4% of sole patent holders, even though they represented 28.2% of the global STEM workforce in 2024. That’s not a talent gap—it’s a...
by Julie Austin | Dec 9, 2024 | Innovation, Inventing, inventions, Inventors
How a Failed Rubber Substitute Became One of the Most Beloved Toys of All Time Some inventions arise from necessity, while others are born from pure chance. The invention of Silly Putty is one of the greatest examples of accidental innovation. Similar to how Post-it...
by Julie Austin | Feb 11, 2024 | Inventors
How the Pumpjack Invention by Walter C. Trout Revolutionized Oil Extraction and Shaped the Modern Oil Industry You see them everywhere—pumpjacks, the iconic machines nodding rhythmically in oil fields across the globe. While many individuals have contributed to the...
by Julie Austin | Sep 18, 2016 | Intellectual Property, Inventors
Since necessity is the mother of invention it’s no surprise that the bra inventor was a woman. A debutante and art patron named Caresse Crosby. Caresse Crosby grew up the very definition of an upper-class debutante, moving between New York and Connecticut in a...
by Julie Austin | Mar 12, 2014 | Inventors
March is Women’s History Month, which makes it the perfect time to talk about the women inventors and women innovators who helped shape the world, even when history didn’t always give them the credit they deserved. One of those women was Marjorie Joyner. She may not...
