List of women innovators and inventors by country

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Marie Curie (1867–1934), pioneering research into radioactivity

Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [1] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [1] Women's inventions have historically been concentrated in some areas, such as chemistry and education, and rare in others, such as physics, and electrical and mechanical engineering. [1] Some names such as Marie Curie and Ada Lovelace are widely known, many other women have been active inventors and innovators in a wide range of interests and applications, contributing important developments to the world in which we live. [2] [3]

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Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

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Rosalyn Yalow, Canada, medical IT applications

China

Denmark

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Ida Tin, Denmark, menstruation app

Egypt

Finland

France

Marie Marvingt, France, airplane skis Marie Marvingt in Deperdussin aeroplane 1912.jpg
Marie Marvingt, France, airplane skis


Germany

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Ida Noddack, Germany, nuclear fission

Greece

Hungary

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Maria Telkes, Hungary, solar energy

India

Ireland

Israel

Italy

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Patrizia Caraveo, Italy, particle physics

Japan

Latvia

Netherlands

Saskia Wieringa, Netherlands, gender relations Saskia Wieringa at the International Conference on Feminism, 2016-09-24 01.jpg
Saskia Wieringa, Netherlands, gender relations

New Zealand

Nigeria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

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Beletskaya, Russia, organometallic chemistry

Singapore

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

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Portrait of Ada Lovelace, mathematician, possibly by Alfred Edward Chalon

United States

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Patricia Bath, USA, medical devices
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Patricia Billings, USA, building materials
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Olga D. González-Sanabria
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Margaret Knight with one of her many inventions
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Hedy Lamarr, Inventor, 1939
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Sybil Rock
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References

  1. 1 2 3 David Ghere, Fred M. B. Amram (2007). Inventing music education games. British Journal of Music Education 24(1): 55–75 doi : 10.1017/S0265051706007224
  2. ↑ "Scientists and inventors: the women who changed the world". Iberdrola. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Women of Invention: Women Inventors and Patent Holders". Library of Congress: Science Reference Guides. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Women inventors (8 October 2021), European Patent Office (accessed 9 May 2022)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Carmen Borca-Carrillo (31 March 2022). Five Women Inventors You Didn't Learn About in History Class. Smithsonian (accessed 9 May 2022)
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