Turns Out These 41 Inventions Were All Made By Women, And I Never Knew

You know how nothing famous or important was invented by a woman? Because that's the message that's been heavily implied for all of our lives? It's fun!

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Turns out — spoiler! — women have invented great things. Here are 48 of the fantastic inventions created by women.

1.The life raft

A life raft in the water

Inventor: Maria Beasley

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2.The dishwasher

A full dishwasher

Inventor: Josephine Cochran

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3.Disposable diapers

Background of diapers on a pink background

Inventor: Marion Donovan

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4.The fold-out bed

Young woman resting on a bed

Inventor: Sarah E. Goode

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5.The one-handed medical syringe

A hand using a syringe

Inventor: Letitia Mumford Geer

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6.Bullet-proof fiber

Close up of a lot of threads in a weaving machine called a loom

Inventor: Stephanie Kwolek

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7.The pizza saver

A pizza saver, which is a small plastic thing sticking out of the center of the pizza

Inventor: Carmela Vitale

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8.The submarine lamp and telescope

Heavy atomic submarine floating in ocean

Inventor: Sarah Mather

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9.The electric hot water heater

A hot water heater

Inventor: Ida R. Forbes

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10.Globes

A glove in a grouping of school supplies

Inventor: Ellen Eliza Fitz

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11.The call-center system

A person with a headset on a computer, surrounded by images of technology

Inventor: Erna Hoover

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12.The blissymbol printer

A megaphone

Inventor: Rachel Zimmerman

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13.Liquid Paper

Liquid paper being used over a word

Inventor: Bette Nesmith Graham

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14.Refrigerator door shelves

An open refrigerator, with items in the door shelves

Inventor: Lillian Moller Gilbreth

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15.The modern ironing board

An ironing board on top of an iron

Inventor: Sarah Boone

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16.Solar stoves

A cooking set up, powered by the sun

Inventor: Mária Telkes

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17.And solar heaters

A solar heater

Inventor: Mária Telkes

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18.The feeding tube

a feeding tube

Inventor: Bessie Blount Griffin

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19.Square-bottomed paper bags

A paper bag with a rectangular bottom

Inventor: Margaret E. Knight

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20.Maritime signal flares

Smoke coming from a signal flare in the water

Inventor: Martha Coston

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21.Windshield wipers

Windshield wiper being used on a car windshield

Inventor: Mary Anderson

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22.The foot pedal trash can

Pedal for opening a metal waste bin close up

Inventor: Lillian Moller Gilbreth

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23.The aquarium

People taking pictures of jellyfish in an aquarium

Inventor: Jeanne Villepreux-Power

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24.Alphabet blocks

ABC letters alphabet on three toy blocks in pillar form on wooden table

Inventor: Adeline D. T. Whitney

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25.Paper coffee filters

A paper coffee filter being used

Inventor: Melitta Bentz

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26.The compiler

Some computer coding on a screen

Inventor: Grace Hopper

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27.Cataract treatment

Caratacta clouding of the lens of the human eye

Inventor: Dr. Patricia E. Bath

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28.The circular saw

A circular saw on a wood surface

Inventor: Tabitha Babbitt

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29.Quiet train tracks

Train tracks

Inventor: Mary Walton

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30.The ice cream maker

A person using an ice cream maker

Inventor: Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson

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31.Invisible glass

Pieces of glass

Inventor: Katharine Burr Blodgett

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32.The fire escape

Two levels of a fire escape

Inventor: Anna Connelly

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33.The airplane muffler

Empty airport at sunset

Inventor: El Dorado Jones

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34.Naturally colored cotton

Pieces of cloth on clothes lines

Inventor: Sally Fox

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35.Monopoly

Different special editions of Monopoly

Inventor: Elizabeth Magie Phillips

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36.The modern recipe format

young man cooks a vegan dish from a cookbook

Inventor: Fannie Farmer

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37.Hydyne rocket fuel

Space shuttle rocket launch in the sky and clouds to outer space

Inventor: Mary Sherman Morgan

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38.The home security system

An electronic security system inside a house

Inventor: Marie van Brittan Brown

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39.The retractable dog leash

Black dog leash

Inventor: Mary A. Delaney

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40.The car heater

Car climate system with display and knob, button

Inventor: Margaret A. Wilcox

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41.And chocolate-chip cookies

Chocolate chip cookies on a tray

Inventor: Ruth Wakefield

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