Amye Everard Ball

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Amye Everard Ball was the first woman in England to be granted a patent. [1] Her patent for tincture of saffron was registered in 1637, during the reign of Charles I of England, merely 76 years after Elizabeth I had awarded the very first patent. Mrs. Ball's original patent registration is held at the British Library. [2] [3]

Mrs. Amye Everard Ball was a widow [4] when she registered the patent for a “tincture of saffron, roses &c”. The description explained "The mistery, skill and invention of making, ordering or contribing of saffron into a manner or forme which shall dissolve into tincture and of divers other vegetables (as of roses, gilliflowers and the like) into an essence, after a newe way by her invented...which shall continue and remaine in full strength and virtue for manie yeares more than saffron in the sheyve or leafe vsually doth or can”. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Horrocks, Sally (29 April 2016). "Trailblazers of diversity". The Engineer. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Jaffe, Deborah (2003). Ingenious Women. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-0750930314.
  3. ↑ Evans-Pugh, Christine. "Engineering's most ingenious women (16 May 2011)". www.eandt.theiet.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Jaffé, Deborah (2003). Ingenious women : from tincture of saffron to flying machines. Internet Archive. Stroud : Sutton. ISBN   978-0-7509-3030-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. ↑ "Invention is dominated by rich white men. How can we break the mould?". Apolitical. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  6. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20190724/282767768198121 . Retrieved 23 June 2025– via PressReader.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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