# Famous Women Inventors URL: https://sciencestruck.com/inventions/famous-women-inventors Category: Inventions & Discoveries Published: 2010-08-11T01:31:00 Updated: 2010-08-11T01:31:00 Women also have contributed equally in the field of science and technology, as much as men have. It’s worth knowing few of the inventions by famous women inventors. Read this article to gain more information about the same. The ever expanding sources of knowledge (for example, the Internet) are probably one of the most significant inventions of the 20th century. People who invent things of course do it for the benefit of the mankind, but also have that passion to produce a new object and do something different, or like they say, _do things differently_. In this article, the world’s most known and famous women inventors and their inventions have been described. ### Women Power History has been a witness to how women have always been prominent in the field of inventions and discoveries. They have played a vital role in the world of innovation. In this so-called man’s world, women have shown their mettle time and over again, and have proven themselves whenever it was needed. They had tread their way through discriminatory barriers and gender stereotypes, which were prominent at each and ever step in their journey. In the past, as well as the present, women are increasingly prevailing and proven excellence and devotion towards work. ### Famous Women Inventors **Invention** **Inventor** **Year** Circular saw Tabitha Babbitt 1812 Computer program Augusta Ada Byron 1842 Submarine lamp and telescope Sarah Mather 1845 Beehive Thiphena Hornbrook 1861 Improved locomotive wheels Mary Jane Montgomery 1864 Paper-bag-making machine Margaret Knight 1871 Dishwasher Josephine Cochran 1872 Zigzag sewing machine Helen Blanchard 1873 Globes Ellen Fitz 1875 Locomotive Oil burner chimney Mary Walton 1879 Oil burner Amanda Jones 1880 Elevated railway Mary Walton 1881 Portable screen summer house Nettie Rood 1882 Alphabet blocks Adeline D. T. Whitney 1882 Life raft Maria Beaseley 1882 Fire escape Anna Connelly 1887 Rolling pin Catherine Deiner 1891 Ironing board Sarah Boone 1892 Car heater Margaret Wilcox 1893 Suspenders Laura Cooney 1896 Medical syringe Letitia Geer 1899 Street-cleaning machine Florence Parpart 1900 Windshield wiper Mary Anderson 1903 Rotary engine Margaret Knight 1904 Refrigerator Florence Parpart 1914 Electric hot water heater Ida Forbes 1917 Grain storage bin Lizzie Dickelman 1920 Chocolate-chip cookies Ruth Wakefield 1930 Disposable diaper Marion Donovan 1950 Direct and return mailing envelope Beulah Henry 1962 Kevlar, a steel-like fiber used in radial tires, crash helmets, and bulletproof vests Stephanie Kwolek 1966 Feedback control for data processing Erna Hoover 1971 Drinking fountain device Laurene O’Donnell 1985 Canister vacuum Nancy Perkins 1987