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 | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’ll never forget the day I got a call from someone who was shocked that a woman had invented the wrist water bottle. We should be so far beyond that in our society, but the fact that fewer than 15% of all patents are issued to women proves that we still have a...
by Julie Austin | Mar 28, 2014 | Inventing, Uncategorized
If you’re like most people, washing dishes is a chore. Okay, maybe it’s just me. But back in 1886 a woman inventor named Josephine Cochran thought the same thing. Technically Joel Houghton patented a dish washing machine, but it was a wooden machine that...
by Julie Austin | Mar 16, 2014 | Inventing
Women Invented Barbie Ruth Handler’s story as a groundbreaking woman inventor and woman innovator has always fascinated me. Sure, most people know her as the genius behind the Barbie doll, but her life was packed with so much more ambition, grit, and real-world...
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...
