Women's History Month CTE

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Across
  1. 4. Margaret A. Wilcox has the first patent for what in an automobile?
  2. 6. NASA chemist Barbara Askins was honored as National Inventor of the Year in 1978 for her invention for a new and enhanced way to develop what?
  3. 8. Josephine Cochran invented this. Shen then founded a company to manufacture her invention, which eventually became the company KitchenAid.
  4. 9. What did Tabitha Babbitt invent that was used in sawmills that she didn’t patent because as a Shaker, she believed in sharing her idea with others?
  5. 10. Marie Curie was given what nickname for her pioneer work in research on radioactivity?
  6. 12. What did Stephanie Kwolek invent that is five times stronger than steel and used to fortify many products today?
  7. 13. In 1903, Mary Anderson received a patent for creating the first what that is related to the automotive industry?
  8. 14. What famous board game was created based of its precursor called The Landlord’s Game invented by Elizabeth Magie?
  9. 16. Polly Smith, along with Lisa Lindahl and Hinda Miller, improved women’s health and launched a global industry by creating the first workable prototype of what by sewing together two jockstraps?
  10. 17. Radia Perlman was given what nickname for her invention of STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), which played a huge role in formulation of basic design, structure, and rules of the internet.
  11. 18. Margaret Knight was given this nickname for her many patents, one of which was an automatic shut off switch for a textile loom that she invented after witnessing a terrible accident in a textile mill.
Down
  1. 1. Katharine Burr Blodgett is best know for her invention of this, which was used in camera lenses, and is still used today in eyeglasses, car windshields, and computer screens.
  2. 2. Of what was Maya Lin the architect?
  3. 3. Florence Nightingale Graham founded Elizabeth Arden and invented the concept of the __________.
  4. 5. Nancy Johnson invented what in 1794 that provides people a treat that is still popular today?
  5. 7. Mary Walton patented a system for pumping air through water tanks to help trap pollutants to reduce what in Manhattan?
  6. 11. Forties actress Hedy Lemarr invented a radio-controlled torpedo device, which used ______________________ to prevent the signals from the torpedoes from being jammed.
  7. 15. Physical therapist Bessie Blount invented assistive devices for whom?