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- 4. Margaret A. Wilcox has the first patent for what in an automobile?
- 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?
- 8. Josephine Cochran invented this. Shen then founded a company to manufacture her invention, which eventually became the company KitchenAid.
- 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?
- 10. Marie Curie was given what nickname for her pioneer work in research on radioactivity?
- 12. What did Stephanie Kwolek invent that is five times stronger than steel and used to fortify many products today?
- 13. In 1903, Mary Anderson received a patent for creating the first what that is related to the automotive industry?
- 14. What famous board game was created based of its precursor called The Landlord’s Game invented by Elizabeth Magie?
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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. Of what was Maya Lin the architect?
- 3. Florence Nightingale Graham founded Elizabeth Arden and invented the concept of the __________.
- 5. Nancy Johnson invented what in 1794 that provides people a treat that is still popular today?
- 7. Mary Walton patented a system for pumping air through water tanks to help trap pollutants to reduce what in Manhattan?
- 11. Forties actress Hedy Lemarr invented a radio-controlled torpedo device, which used ______________________ to prevent the signals from the torpedoes from being jammed.
- 15. Physical therapist Bessie Blount invented assistive devices for whom?