4 Women Inventors to Know
You know their work — but probably not their names. These are four forgotten women inventors and scientists. 🧬
Snubbed due to sexism
Influential female scientists and inventors’ major contributions have not been forgotten. While famous scientists were eventually recognized for their contributions in their respective fields, a substantial number of female scientists throughout history have been overlooked simply due to their gender. Here are 4 female scientists who never received credit for their discoveries in their lifetime.
Ada Lovelace - Lovelace, i.e. the “first computer programmer,” was a math prodigy as a teen in the 1830s and worked on the Analytical Engine — the blueprint for the first computer. 100 years ahead of the advent of the first general-purpose computer, she was one of the first to recognize computation and programming's potential.
Elizabeth Magie - Magie was a writer inventor economic activist with her most notable creation being The Landlord’s Game. The board game from 1903 is the earliest known version of Monopoly and is meant to illustrate concepts of economic privilege. She died having made $500 selling the game. Worldwide, it has sold over 250 million copies.
Rosalind Franklin - Franklin was a British chemist and crystallographer whose work with x-ray diffraction led to the discovery of the DNA double helix — which changed conceptions around genetic information. However, it took 15 years for scientists to acknowledge her contributions to their work.
Caresse Crosby - Crosby was a renowned publisher and patron of “Lost Generation” artists, but as a teen in 1914 she patented the modern brassiere. Despite mixed success, the bra became one of the most sold items of women’s clothing of all time.
In other cases, women were thwarted by the social and gender norms of their day. It wasn’t so long ago that some women were expected to step down after they got married, forced out of jobs because legislation at the time decreed that women had to leave public service after marrying.
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17 comments
Pampa D.
10/31/2019 20:17Rosalind Franklin was most deprived female scientist.....
Vaishnavi S.
10/31/2019 19:15Abhijeet Viswa Lady Eda Lovelace :)
Swati S.
10/31/2019 13:23Till now women have supported in the subjects developed by men...Women are excellent in subjects not named.
Lilia J.
10/30/2019 23:40Thanks for the info
Nusrat A.
10/30/2019 21:10This is realy SAD that these women of great work and contribution have never been given there well deserved aknowledgment!! While on the contarary those ladies who exposed them selves and promoted valgarity and nudity are part and parsel of today's media.😢😭
Samin T.
10/30/2019 06:36dekho
Ana A.
10/29/2019 23:40Woman are very smart we all should now that
Maria D.
10/27/2019 21:22Amazing
Sara B.
10/26/2019 14:08Friendly reminder that Watson and Crick (Nobel prize 1953 DNA structure discovery) used Rosalind Franck's X rays photographies of the DNA in their work. Yet Rosalind contribution wasn't even mentioned back then.
Hilda C.
10/26/2019 01:00SMARTEST GIRLS.
Duru C.
10/25/2019 22:36Wow, amazing
Amna B.
10/25/2019 16:52I only knew about rosalind Franklin
Nuriya I.
10/24/2019 18:58Amazing ,,,very smart women did great work for the world thank u for this informationn
Haji S.
10/24/2019 06:35Hi
Theresa W.
10/22/2019 21:53Fascinating information I never heard before.So if those women should be tea Ly
Elaine P.
10/22/2019 16:06Ada Lovelace was Lord Byrons daughter
Brut
10/22/2019 13:43Miss Virginia 2019 displayed a science experiment for the talent portion of the competition. The Pharm.D candidate spoke to Brut about breaking pageant stereotypes and advocating for STEM education for girls. 🔬8