When someone says the word “inventor,” prolific and history-making men like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver and Benjamin Franklin spring to mind. But what about all the women who invented amazing things, women we don’t hear about very often?
We’ve rounded up eight awesome things — many of which we all use frequently — that you probably didn’t know were invented by ladies. Here’s to entrepreneurial girl power:
Windshield Wipers
Mary Anderson thought up the windshield wiper out of necessity in 1903. During a road trip from Alabama to New York City, Anderson noticed drivers stopping to clear snow and ice off their windshields. Soon after, she came up with the windshield wiper — an arm with a rubber blade that could be activated without getting out of your car. She applied for a patent in 1904, and it was issued in 1905. Although the device did not gain popularity until nearly a decade later, it’s hard to imagine what it would be like to drive without windshield wipers today.
The mother of Empress Noor Jehan discovered the oily concentrate(ITAR)IN Rose flower and invented the method of its extraction.