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Trivia on Women Inventors! In Honor of Mother's Day :->

May 11th, 2007 at 03:06 pm

End of the week fun-

Name one item invented by a woman on the subject of:

(1) automotive parts

(2) household appliances

Post here and I'll put up answers later today!

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6 Responses to “Trivia on Women Inventors! In Honor of Mother's Day :->”

boomeyers Says:
May 11th, 2007 at 08:56 pm 1178913363
1178913363

The hand cranked ice cream freezer was patented to Nancy Johnson in 1843.
Neat trivia question!
pretty cheap jewelry Says:
May 11th, 2007 at 09:40 pm 1178916025
1178916025

Hmmmm that is not the one I had in mind, but you are thinking along the right lines ;-)
newlyfrugal Says:
May 11th, 2007 at 11:00 pm 1178920843
1178920843

Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper in 1903.

The dishwasher was invented by Josephine Cochran in 1889.
pretty cheap jewelry Says:
May 11th, 2007 at 11:14 pm 1178921651
1178921651

Ohhhhhh you are right on both accounts Newly!

I try to make these questions hard to google ;-
Amber Says:
May 12th, 2007 at 03:12 pm 1178979129
1178979129

Dorothy Levit came up with the idea of the rear view mirror, she suggested that women should carry a hand held mirror to see behind them; and

In 1919, Alice Parker of Morristown, New Jersey, invented a new and improved gas heating furnace that provided central heating she worked for Madame C.J. Walker, the first African American millionaire
Amber Says:
May 12th, 2007 at 03:14 pm 1178979242
1178979242

By the wy this was fun, maybe we should continue with this idea...

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