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    The Women Inventors

    The 500 Greatest Women Inventors, Scientists, Pioneers - Their Discoveries, Innovations, Achievements, and Exploits

     

    Derek Myhill

    Peter Knight

    by Peter Knight & Derek Myhill

    Alphabetical Index

    Editors note:

     

    The following index is in two parts - Inventor Name and Subject.  Simply click on the name to access the entry.

     

    This index comprises Derek Myhill's and Peter Knight's complete work and was checked against their source material.  However, Derek and Peter were sticklers for detail so if you spot any errors or omissions please let me know and I will be pleased to update.  Of particular interest are dates of birth (and death), changes of name and images of the inventors (where missing).

     

    I consider this resource to be very much a work in progress and look forward to both maintaining the current entries and adding new ones.  Text in blue denotes new entries.

     

    I hope you find this dictionary to be both useful and enjoyable.

    David Wardell, March 2015.

    Ilham Abuljadayel

    Mary Anderson

    Virginia Apgar

    Barbara Askins

    Charlotte Auerbach

    Hertha Ayrton

    Sookie Bang

    Patricia Bath

    Catharine Beecher

    Isabella Beeton

    Jocelyn Bell Burnell

    Ruth Benerito

    Melitta Bentz

    Evelyn Berezin

    Franka Berger

    Marie-Catherine Biheron

    Patricia Billings

    Hazel Bishop

    Helen Blanchard

    Katherine Blodgett

    Amelia Bloomer

    Marie Boivin

    Emma Braun

    Charlotte Bridgwood

    Marie Brown

    Rachel Brown

    Mildred Bruce

    Elizabeth Bryenton

    Margaret Burbidge

    Angela Burdett-Coutts

    Ilene Busch-Vishniac

    Julia Cameron

    Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel

    Anne Chiang

    Edith Claypole

    Eleanor Coade

    Josephine Cochran

    Gerty Cori

    Martha Coston

    Angélique du Coudray

    Marie Curie

    Heather Davies

    Ivy Dawson

    Ellen Demorest

    Gladys Dick

    Marion Donovan

    Carlita Doran

    Elizabeth Downing

    Amelia Earhart

    Melissa Edmunds

    Ellen Eglin

    Eva Ekeblad

    Gertrude Elion

    Edith Flanigen

    Sarah Flannery

    Abigail Fleck

    Sally Fox

    Rosalind Franklin

    Helen Free

    Frances Gabe

    Raina Georgieva

    Lillian Gilbreth

    Alessandra Giliani

    Caroline Gledhill

    Maria Goeppert-Mayer

    Olympia Gonzales

    Bette Graham (Nesmith)

    Jeanette Grasselli

    Catherine Greene

    Mandy Haberman

    Ruth Handler

    Elizabeth Hazen

    Aino Heikikken

    Beulah Henry

    Maureen Hiron

    Barbro Hjalmarsson

    Barbara Hobbs

    Ariel Hollinshead

    Krisztina Holly

    Grace Hopper

    Harriet Hosmer

    Hypatia

    Eunice Ingham

    Harriet Irwin

    Cathy Jackson

    Allene Jeanes

    Amanda Jenner

    Nancy Johnson

    Rebecca Johnson

    Irene Joliot-Curie

    Marjorie Joyner

    Isabella Karle

    Anna Keichline

    Janet Keiller

    Phyllis Kerridge

    Mary Kies

    Marie-Louise Killick

    Helen King

    Henrietta King

    Stella Kirk

    Margaret Knight

    Toshiko Kokonoe

    Ann Kritzinger

    Catherina Kuhn-Moos

    Damini Kumar

    Sandra Kurtzig

    Stephanie Kwolek

    Hedy Lamarr

    Rebecca Lancefield

    Chelsea Lanmon

    Denise Lemiere

    Sonia de Leon

    Maya Lin

    Ada Lovelace

    Jeannie Low

    Barbara McClintock

    Elizabeth Magie

    Jane Marcet

    Maria the Jewess

    Sybilla Masters

    Sarah Mather

    Marguerite Maury

    Kate May

    Lise Meitner

    Dorothy Miller

    Elizabeth Miller

    Maria Montessori

    Ann Moore

    Agnes Morgan

    Kate Morgan

    Krysta Morlan

    Lyda Newman

    Clare Newton

    Dorothy Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale

    Mary Nolan

    Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

    Ellen Ochoa

    Rose O’Neill

    Annette Pappas

    Jeanne Paquin

    Ruth Patrick

    Claire Paul

    Elizabeth Paul

    Mary Pennington

    Mary Phelps

    Jessie Pope

    Mary Potts

    Shirley Price

    Mary Quant

    Lotte Reiniger

    Ellen Richards

    Stella Rimington

    Anita Roddick

    Betty Rozier

    Helena Rubinstein

    Margaret Sanger

    Ann Marie Sastry

    Florence Seibert

    Mary Shelley

    Margaret Shephard

    Patsy Sherman

    Mary Sherrill

    Beatrice 'Tilly' Shilling

    Jean’ne Shreeve

    Sarah Skelton

    Hannah Slater

    Amy Smith

    Celia & Charity Smith

    Charlotte Smith

    Mary Spaeth

    Claire Staton

    Margarete Steiff

    Marie Stopes

    Harriet Strong

    Betty Sullivan

    Susan Swallow

    Maria Telkes

    Giuliana Tesoro

    Lucille Treganowan

    Marie Tussaud

    Lisa Vallino

    Alexandrina Victoria

    Magdalena Villaruz

    Marjorie Vold

    Alice Vonk

    Sarah Walker

    Mary Walton

    Elizabeth Weisburger

    Catherine Whiteman

    Iris Whyte

    Anna Williams

    Helena Wright

    Chien-Shiung Wu

    Rosalyn Yalow

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    ANATOMY:

     

    Marie-Catherine Biheron

    Alessandra Giliani

    Marie Tussaud

    Inventors Listed by Subject

    ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS:

     

    Barbara Askins

    Jocelyn Bell Burnell

    Margaret Burbidge

    Maria Goeppert-Mayer

    Hypatia

    Ellen Ochoa

    Jean’ne Shreeve

    COSMETICS:

     

    Franka Berger

    Hazel Bishop

    Gabrielle Chanel

    Carlita Doran

    Marguerite Maury

    Anita Roddick

    Helena Rubinstein

    Sarah Walker

    ROAD & RAIL TRANSPORT:

     

    Mary Anderson

    Charlotte Bridgwood

    Margaret Knight

    Dorothy Nightingale

    Sarah Skelton

    Claire Staton

    Lucille Treganowan

    Mary Walton

    EDUCATION, LITERATURE, PIONEERING ACTIVITIES:

     

    Catharine Beecher

    Jane Marcet

    Maria Montessori

    Agnes Morgan

    Rose O’Neill

    Mary Shelley

    Charlotte Smith

    MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS:

    Grace Hopper

    Ada Lovelace

    Florence Nightingale

    COMPUTING & TELECOMMUNICATIONS:

     

    Evelyn Berezin

    Anne Chiang

    Elizabeth Downing

    Sarah Flannery

    Caroline Gledhill

    Krisztina Holly

    Grace Hopper

    Sandra Kurtzig

    Ada Lovelace

    Ellen Ochoa

    CHEMICAL SCIENCES:

     

    Barbara Askins

    Ruth Benerito

    Franka Berger

    Hazel Bishop

    Katherine Blodgett

    Marie Curie

    Carlita Doran

    Edith Flanigen

    Jeannette Grasselli

    Hypatia

    Allene Jeanes

    Irene Joliot-Curie

    Phyllis Kerridge               

    Stephanie Kwolek

    Maria the Jewess

    Marguerite Maury

    Agnes Morgan

    Dorothy Nightingale

    Ellen Richards

    Patsy Sherman

    Mary Sherrill

    Jean’ne Shreeve

    Betty Sullivan

    Giuliana Tesoro

    Marjorie Vold

    GENETICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

     

    Charlotte Auerbach

    Raina Georgieva

    Helen King

    Henrietta King

    Barbara McClintock

    Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

    LIFE-SCIENCES:

     

    Ilham Abuljadayel

    Barbara Askins

    Sookie Bang

    Ruth Benerito

    Rachel Brown

    Edith Claypole

    Gerty Cori

    Gladys Dick

    Gertrude Elion

    Rosalind Franklin

    Helen Free

    Jeannette Grasselli

    Elizabeth Hazen

    Barbro Hjalmarsson

    Ariel Hollinshead

    Cathy Jackson

    Allene Jeanes

    Helen King

    Rebecca Lancefield

    Marguerite Maury

    Agnes Morgan

    Ruth Patrick

    Mary Pennington

    Ellen Richards

    Florence Seibert

    Mary Sherrill

    Amy Smith

    Elizabeth Weisburger

    Anna Williams

    Rosalyn Yalow

    MEDICINE:

    Virginia Apgar

    Barbara Askins

    Hertha Ayrton

    Patricia Bath

    Marie Boivin

    Anne Chiang

    Marie Curie

    Allene Jeanes

    Betty Rozier

    Lisa Vallino

    Queen Victoria

    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE:

     

    Ruth Handler

    Barbara Hobbs

    Eunice Ingham

    Marguerite Maury

    Krysta Morlan

    Elizabeth Paul

    Shirley Price

    NURSING, MIDWIFERY, BIRTH CONTROL:

     

    Virginia Apgar

    Marie Boivin

    Angélique du Coudray

    Florence Nightingale

    Margaret Sanger

    Florence Seibert

    Marie Stopes

    Helena Wright

    SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS:

     

    Barbara Askins

    Katherine Blodgett

    Margaret Burbidge

    Anne Chiang

    Hypatia

    Rebecca Johnson

    Ellen Ochoa

    Ruth Patrick

    PHYSICAL SCIENCES/

    CRYSTALLOGRAPHY:

     

    Hertha Ayrton

    Katherine Blodgett

    Anne Chiang

    Marie Curie

    Elizabeth Downing

    Rosalind Franklin

    Maria Goeppert-Mayer

    Jeannette Grasselli

    Irene Joliot-Curie

    Isabella Karle

    Lise Meitner

    Ellen Ochoa

    Mary Sherrill

    Mary Spaeth

    Maria Telkes

    Chien-Shiung Wu

    WARFARE:

     

    Charlotte Auerbach

    Hertha Ayrton

    Katherine Blodgett

    Martha Coston

    Grace Hopper

    Stephanie Kwolek

    Hedy Lamarr

    Sarah Mather

    Lise Meitner

    Stella Rimington

    Mary Sherrill

    Beatrice Shilling

    ECOLOGY & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY:

    Emma Braun

    Ilene Busch-Vishniac

    Edith Flanigen

    Ellen Ochoa

    Ruth Patrick

    Ellen Richards

    Anita Roddick

    Harriet Strong

    Maria Telkes

    Mary Walton

    GAMES, DOLLS, TOYS & SPORTS EQUIPMENT:

     

    Heather Davies

    Ruth Handler

    Beulah Henry

    Maureen Hiron

    Anna Keichline

    Stephanie Kwolek

    Elizabeth Magie

    Rose O’Neill

    Celia & Charity Smith

    Margarete Steiff

    DOMESTIC SCIENCE:

     

    Catharine Beecher

    Isabella Beeton

    Harriet Irwin

    Agnes Morgan

    Maria Telkes

    DOMESTIC CHILD CARE:

     

    Marion Donovan

    Mandy Haberman

    Amanda Jenner

    Chelsea Lanmon

    Jeannie Low

    Anne Moore

    Claire Paul

    Catherine Whiteman

    Iris Whyte

    Helena Wright

    AVIATION & FLIGHT INNOVATION:

    Katherine Blodgett

    Mildred Bruce

    Amelia Earhart

    Kate May

    Dorothy Nightingale

    Ellen Ochoa

    Beatrice Shilling

    Jean’ne Shreeve

    ART TECHNOLOGY, SPECIAL MATERIALS:

     

    Sookie Bang

    Patricia Billings

    Rachel Brown

    Julia Cameron

    Eleanor Coade

    Elizabeth Hazen

    Aino Heikikken

    Harriet Hosmer

    Hypatia

    Maya Lin

    Maria the Jewess

    Mary Nolan

    Rose O’Neill

    Lotte Reiniger

    Marie Tussaud

    WATER TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY:

     

    Martha Coston

    Sarah Mather

    INDUSTRIAL & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT:

     

    Hertha Ayrton

    Barbara Askins

    Sookie Bang

    Patricia Billings

    Helen Blanchard

    Katherine Blodgett

    Ilene Busch-Vishniac

    Anne Chiang

    Eleanor Coade

    Josephine Cochran

    Martha Coston

    Angela Coutts

    Heather Davies

    Ivy Dawson

    Carlita Doran

    Edith Flanigen

    Caroline Gledhill

    Bette Graham

    Aino Heikikken

    Beulah Henry

    Ariel Hollinshead

    Allene Jeanes

    Marie-Louise Killick

    Henrietta King

    Margaret Knight

    Ann Kritzinger

    Damini Kumar

    Clare Newton

    Dorothy Nightingale

    Mary Nolan

    Ellen Ochoa

    Ruth Patrick

    Mary Pennington

    Mary Quant

    Ellen Richards

    Anita Roddick

    Ann Marie Sastry

    Jean’ne Shreeve

    Amy Smith

    Mary Spaeth

    Harriet Strong

    Marjorie Vold

    Mary Walton

    FOOD & DRINK TECHNOLOGY:

     

    Isabella Beeton

    Melitta Bentz

    Melissa Edmunds

    Eva Ekeblad

    Abigail Fleck

    Lillian Gilbreth

    Olympia Gonzales

    Mandy Haberman

    Beulah Henry

    Allene Jeanes

    Nancy Johnson

    Janet Keiller

    Margaret Knight

    Damini Kumar

    Sonia de Leon

    Maria the Jewess

    Sybilla Masters

    Dorothy Miller

    Agnes Morgan

    Clare Newton

    Florence Seibert

    Amy Smith

    Betty Sullivan

    Susan Swallow

    Maria Telkes

    DOMESTIC APPLIANCES, FIXTURES & FITTINGS:

    Catharine Beecher

    Marie Brown

    Josephine Cochran

    Angela Burdett-Coutts

    Ellen Eglin

    Frances Gabe

    Lillian Gilbreth

    Harriet Irwin

    Anna Keichline

    Stella Kirk

    Margaret Knight

    Jeannie Low

    Mary Potts

    Ellen Richards

    Harriet Strong

    Maria Telkes

    FASHION, BEAUTY & CLOTHING:

     

    Amelia Bloomer

    Gabrielle Chanel

    Ellen Demorest

    Beulah Henry

    Marjorie Joyner

    Margaret Knight

    Catherina Kuhn-Moos

    Stephanie Kwolek

    Elizabeth Miller

    Kate Morgan

    Lyda Newman

    Annette Pappas

    Madame Paquin

    Mary Phelps

    Jessie Pope

    Mary Quant

    Anita Roddick

    Helena Rubinstein

    Sarah Walker

    Iris Whyte

    HORTICULTURAL:

     

    Rachel Brown

    Elizabeth Bryenton

    Raina Georgieva

    Elizabeth Hazen

    Marguerite Maury

    Margaret Shephard

    Alice Vonk

    AGRICULTURAL & VETERINARY:

    Ivy Dawson

    Rebecca Johnson

    Henrietta King

    Denise Lemiere

    Mary Pennington

    Magdalena Villaruz

    TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY:

     

    Ruth Benerito

    Helen Blanchard

    Sally Fox

    Catherine Greene

    Beulah Henry

    Mary Kies

    Margaret Knight

    Toshiko Kokonoe

    Sybilla Masters

    Mary Quant

    Ellen Richards

    Patsy Sherman

    Hannah Slater

    Giuliana Tesoro

    Further Reading:

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