Top Female Inventions
Q1. Who is a famous woman in science?
There are many famous woman scientist and inventors. Here are top 10 famous female scientists:
- Marie Curie
- Ada Lovelace
- Rosalind Franklin
- Rachel Carson
- Jane Goodall
- Dorothy Hodgkin
- Katherine Johnson
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- Lise Meitner
- Grace Hopper
Q2. Who is the most successful female scientist?
One can not declare a particular scientist as most successful, but here are three most prominent female scientist
- Marie Curie (1867-1934): Researched in Radioactivity. Recieved 2 nobel prizes in different fields.
- Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000): Invented a frequency-hopping spread-spectrum communication system that served as the model for current Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies.
- Tu Youyou (1930-present): She discovered artemisinin, a drug to save millions from malaria. She also became first chinese woman to win nobel prize.
Q3. Who is the first Indian woman in science?
Here is list of some prominent Indian female inventors/scientist:
- Anandabai Gopalrao Joshi
- Kamala Sohonie
- Asima Chatterjee
- Uma Kotnis
- T. Janaki Ammal
Q4. What did female scientists invent?
- Marie Curie Radium – polonium, X-ray
- Hedy Lamarr – Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum communication system
- Tu Youyou – Artemisinin, a drug that has saved millions of lives from malaria
- Rosalind Franklin – X-ray diffraction images that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA
- Grace Hopper – Compiler for the UNIVAC I computer, one of the first programming languages
- Ada Lovelace – Analytical Engine
Q5. Who is the first female inventor?
Mary Kies is considered the first female patent holder in the United States. She received patent number 9,034 on May 5, 1809, for a technique of weaving straw with silk thread to create hats.
Top 10 Groundbreaking Inventions by Female Innovators in History
Men have always dominated science and inventions, big names like Thomas Edison – Inventor of the Bulb, Nikola Tesla – Inventor of the and AC current, Alexander Graham Bell- Inventor of the Telephone are remembered by many people, but people forget to notice female inventions like Monopoly by Elizabeth “Lizzie” Magie, solar-powered house by Maria Telkes and many more.
In this article, we are going to see some unnoticed female inventors and their inventions.