PS - I haven't bothered to google or snopes any of these - I just don't care whether it is true or not - however, knock yerself out checking it all if you have the time
1. The Car Heater
We all owe our thanks to Margaret A Wilcox who invented the car heater in 1893!(Margaret also invented a combined clothes and dishwasher)
2. Monopoly
This popular board game was designed by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, originally called the Landlords Game. The purpose of this game was to expose the injustices of unchecked capitalism. Her game was ripped off by Charles Darrow who sold it to Parker Brothers 30 years later. However Parker Brothers later paid Elizabeth $500 for her game. Gee Thanks!
3. The Fire Escape
The fire escape was invented by Anna Connelly in 1887
4. The Life Raft
The life saving Life Raft was invented by Maria Beasely in 1882. (Maria also invented a machine that makes barrels)
5. Residential Solar Heating
Solar heating for residential housing was invented by Dr Maria Telkes in 1947. Dr. Telkes was a Psychiatrist in addition to being a Solar-Power Pioneer
6. The Medical Syringe
The medical syringe which could be operated with only one hand was invented by a woman by the name of Letitia Geer in 1899
7. The Modern Electric Refrigerator
The electric refrigerator was invented by Florence Parpart in 1914 (Florence also invented an improved street cleaning machine in addition to the refrigerator)
8. The Ice Cream Maker
The ice cream maker was invented by a woman named Nancy Johnson in 1843. Her patented design is still used today!
9. The Computer Algorithm
Ada Lovelace is essentially the first computer programer due to her work with Charles Babbage at the University of London in 1842. In fact her notes was an essential key to helping Alan Turings work on the first modern computers in the 1940s.
10. Telecommunications Technology
Some of the Telecommunication Technology developed by Dr Shirley Jackson include portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fibre optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting.
11. The Dishwasher
The Dishwasher was invented by Josephine Cochrane in 1887. Before her time, she even marketed her machine to hotel owners and even opened her own factory without the help of a man!
12. Wireless Transmission Technology
Hedy Lamarr, a world famous film star, invented a secret communications system during World War II for radio-controlling torpedoes. This Technology also paved the way for everything from Wi-Fi to GPS
13. Closed-Cercuit Television Security (CCTV)
Marie Van Brittan Brown invented CCTV because of the slow response of police officers in 1969 to help people ensure their own security. This invention influenced modern CCTV systems used for home security and police work today.
14. The Modern Paper Bag
Margaret Knight invented a machine that makes square bottomed paper bags in 1871. She almost didnt get credit when Charles Anan tried to steal her work claiming that it wasnt possible for a woman to create this brilliant invention. (Margaret also invented a safety device for cotton mills when she was 12 that invention is still being used today)
15. Central Heating
Although Alice Parkers invention in 1919 of a gas powered central heater was never manufactured. Her idea was the first that allowed for using natural gas to heat a home, inspiring the central heating systems used today
16. Kevlar
This life-saving material that is 5 times stronger than steel and used to make bulletproof vests was invented in 1965 by Stephanie Kwolek
17. Computer Software
Dr Grace Murray Hopper was a computer scientist that invented COBOL which is the first user-friendly business computer software system in the 1940s. She was also a rear admiral in the U.S. navy and the first person to use the term bug in reference to a glitch in a computer system when she literally found a bug (moth) causing problems with her computer .
Cheers - John
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PS - I haven't bothered to google or snopes any of these - I just don't care whether it is true or not - however, knock yerself out checking it all if you have the time
Cheers - John
I didn't google the other one either mate, I already knew it was B.S. heard it so many times in different forms. But I needed some source to validate my claim
-- Edited by 03_Troopy on Saturday 23rd of January 2016 08:43:13 PM
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Out west where I go to bag a feral pig or too is a fairly large wheat property.
The owner has twin daughters (about 19 I think) who drive his very large and near new John Deere headers....and 2 more carefull and capable operators I would be hard pressed to find. I asked their grandfather how come they turned out so well and he said " they listen....and don't come with any baggage (as in previous so called experience) plus they look at things a bit differently to most blokes".
I should add here that I was a wheat ****y in a past life for nearly 20 years...so good operators were easy to spot hey. I worked the harvest out there this year as a general gopher and mechanic....and my job was made so much easier by these 2 ....with their care and attitude to the machines and job at hand....plus a great sense of humour too.
Bette Nesmith Graham (Mike Nesmith's mother) invented Liquid Paper. It's hardly surprising, though, since women are always making mistakes and trying to cover them up.
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Bette Nesmith Graham (Mike Nesmith's mother) invented Liquid Paper. It's hardly surprising, though, since women are always making mistakes and trying to cover them up.
Haha, I hope you put your tin hat on...
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I reckon the weak link in most women is emotion. They just have toooo much of it. Trouble is that many blokes are attracted to their excess of emotion.
