List of women innovators and inventors by country

This is a list of notable women innovators and inventors displayed by country:

Australia[]

• Rose Cumming (1884–1968), innovative interior decoration
• Sally Dominguez (born 1969), modular rainwater tank
• Myra Juliet Farrell (1878–1957), tailoring devices, fruit picker
• Melissa George (born 1976), style snaps
• Veena Sahajwalla (fl 2010s), green steel
• (born 1958), Spray on Skin

Austria[]

• Ingeborg Hochmair (born 1953), medical devices, cochlear implants
• Lise Meitner (1878–1968), radioactivity, nuclear physics

Belgium[]

• Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864–1945), chafing dish

Brazil[]

• Chu Ming Silveira (1941–1997), public telephone

Canada[]

• Yvonne Brill (1924–2013), propulsion technologies
• Maya Burhanpurkar (born 1999), Alzheimer's drugs
• Martha Matilda Harper (1857–1950), hair tonic
• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (born 1972), Blissymbol printer

China[]

• Joyce Chen (1917–1994), woks
• Lanying Lin (1918–2003), material engineering
• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (born 1965), brain-science-based learning tools

Denmark[]

• Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (born 1958), ice cores
• Ida Tin (fl 2015), menstruation app

Egypt[]

• Hypatia (c.350–415 BC), mathematics, astronomy

France[]

• Martine Bertereau (born c.1600), mineralogy
• Marie Boivin (1773–1841), pelvimeter, vaginal speculum
• Herminie Cadolle (1845–1926), brassiere
• Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777–1866), Champagne riddling
• Marie Harel (1761–1844), Camembert cheese
• Géraldine Le Meur (born 1972), digital innovation
• Marie Marvingt (1875–1963), metal plane skis
• Marguerite Perey (1909–1975), francium
• Joanna Truffaut (fl from 2000), urban Wi-Fi networks
• Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794–1871), aquaria

Germany[]

• Melitta Bentz (1873–1950), coffee filter
• Caroline Eichler (1808/9–1843), leg prosthesis, hand prosthesis
• Judith Esser-Mittag (born 1921), digital tampon
• Marga Faulstich (1915–1998), optical glass
• Sonja de Lennart (born 1920), Capri pants
• Ida Noddack (1896–1978), nuclear fission
• Emmy Noether (1882–1935), algebra, physics
• Margarete Steiff (1847–1909), stuffed animals
• Brigitte Voit (born 1963), polymers

Hungary[]

• Mária Telkes (1900–1995), solar energy

India[]

• Pratibha Gai (fl from 1974), electron microscopy
• Sylvia Ratnasamy (born 1976), distributed hash table
• Sheila Sri Prakash (born 1955), prefabricated rotationally moulded inspection chamber

Israel[]

• Ruth Arnon (born 1933), multiple sclerosis drug

Italy[]

• Maria Abbracchio (born 1956), pharmacology
• Patrizia A. Caraveo (born 1954), particle physics
• Maria Cristina Facchini (fl from 1980s), aerosols
• Elena of Montenegro (1873–1952), signed photographs

Latvia[]

• Lina Stern (1878–1968), blood-brain barrier

Netherlands[]

• Saskia Wieringa (born 1950), gender relations

New Zealand[]

• Elizabeth Ann Louisa Mackay (1843–1908), cooking utensils

Nigeria[]

• Omowunmi Sadik (born 1964), microelectrode sensing, environmental applications

Poland[]

• Marie Curie (1867–1934), radioactivity

Portugal[]

• Antonia Ferreira (1811–1896), winemaking

Puerto Rico[]

• Olga D. González-Sanabria (fl from 1979), battery technology, systems management

Russia[]

• Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), pointe shoes for ballet

Spain[]

• Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952), gynecology
• Ángela Ruiz Robles (1895–1975), electronic book reader

Sweden[]

• Maria Christina Bruhn (1732–1808), gunpowder packaging
• Eva Ekeblad (1724–1786), agronomy
• Amalia Eriksson (1824–1923), candy stick
• Simone Giertz (born 1990), robotic devices
• Iréne Grahn (1945–2013), patented finger joint support for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Hanna Hammarström (1829–1909), telephone wires

United Kingdom[]

• Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1864–1927), automatic balancing bed
• Anna Atkins (1799–1871), photography
• Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923), electric arc lighting
• Melitta Bentz (died 1836), Berkley Horse
• Roxey Ann Caplin (1793–1888), corsetry
• Adelaide Claxton (fl 1860s–1890s), ear caps
• Eleanor Coade (1733–1821), artificial stoneware
• Emily Cummins (born 1987), evaporative refrigeration
• Fiona Fairhurst (fl 2009), swimsuits
• Christine Foyer (born 1952), plant science
• Ida Freund (1863–1914), gas measurement
• Barbara Gilmour (died 1732), cheese making
• Sarah Guppy (1770–1852), bridge construction, domestic devices
• Mandy Haberman (born 1956), baby bottles
• Diane Hart (1926–2002), corsetry
• Valerie Hunter Gordon (1921–2016), disposable diapers, sanitary towels
• Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge (1901–1940), glass electrodes
• Marie Killick (1914–1964), sapphire stylus
• Heather Martin (designer) (fl from 2000), interaction design
• Jane A. McKeating (fl from 1990s), molecular biology
• Emma Parmee (fl from 1990s), antidiabetic drugs
• Lucy Rogers (fl from 1990s), animatronic controllers
• Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990), device for aircraft engines
• Bridget Elizabeth Talbot (1885–1971), watertight electric torch
• Clara Millicent Taylor (1871–1960), organic chemistry

United States[]

A

• Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), photography
• Alice Alldredge (born 1949), marine biology
• Randi Altschul (born 1960), cellphones, games and toys
• Susan Amara (fl from 2000), drug discovery
• Anne Anastasi (1908–2001), psychometrics
• Betsy Ancker-Johnson (born 1927), plasma physics
• Beth Anderson (born 1950), music composition
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947), electronic music
• Mary Anderson, windscreen wipers
• Virginia Apgar (1909–1974), health of newborns
• Barbara Askins (born 1939), photographic negative enhancement

B

• Tabitha Babbitt (1779–c. 1853), tool making
• Betty Lou Bailey (1929–2007), exhaust nozzle
• Ellene Alice Bailey (1853–1897), clothing, household goods
• Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), mechanical devices
• Janet Emerson Bashen (born 1957), software
• Patricia Bath (born 1942), medical devices
• Maria Beasley (fl 1870s–1890s), barrel hooper, life rafts
• Ruth Benedict (1887–1948), anthropology
• Ruth R. Benerito (1916–2013), cotton fabrics
• Miriam Benjamin (1861–1947), hotel chairs
• Barbara Beskind (fl 1945–1956), therapeutic devices
• Hazel Bishop (1906–1998), lipstick
• Sara Blakely (born 1971), hosiery
• Helen Blanchard (1840–1922), sewing machines
• Joani Blank (1937–2016), vibrators
• Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898–1979), low-reflectance glass
• Bessie Blount Griffin (1914–2009), feeding devices, disposable basins
• Vanna Bonta (1958–2014), flight suit for weightless environments
• Sarah Boone (1832–1904), ironing boards
• Louise Brigham (1875–1956), modular furniture design
• Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922–1999), home security systems
• Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980), antibiotics
• Mary Brush (fl 1815), corsets

C

• Ve Elizabeth Cadie, (20th century), heat insulating handle for small home appliances, coffee pot
• Mary P. Carpenter (1840–1900), sewing machines, mosquito nets
• Leona Chalmers (fl 1937), menstrual cup
• Melanie Chartoff (born 1950), water recycling
• Deanna M. Church (fl from 1990s), human genome
• Inga Stephens Pratt Clark (1906–1970), scarf
• Edith Clarke (1883–1959), electrical engineering
• Josephine Cochrane (1839–1913), dishwasher
• Lynn Conway (born 1938), computer science
• Martha Coston (1826–1904), marine signalling
• Cathy A. Cowan (fl from 1990s), health care cost trends
• Caresse Crosby (1891–1970), modern bra
• Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), diapers

D

• Constance Demby (1939–2021), electronic musical instruments
• Marion Donovan (1917–1998), disposable diapers
• Emily C. Duncan (born 1849), banking calculators

E

• Ellen Eglin (born 1849), clothes wringer
• Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), medical research, drugs

F

• Edith M. Flanigen (born 1929), molecular sieves
• Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888), greenhouse effect, boot soles
• Helen Murray Free (1923–2021), diabetes tests

G

• Ruth Graves Wakefield (1903–1977), chocolate chip cookies
• Sarah E. Goode (1855–1905), folding cabinet bed
• Linda Gottfredson (born 1947), educational psychology
• Bette Nesmith Graham (1924–1980), liquid paper
• Temple Grandin (born 1947), hug machine
• Lori Greiner (born 1969), household sponge, toilet accessories

H

• Mary Hallock-Greenewalt (1871–1950), visual music
• Ruth Handler (1916–2002), Barbie doll
• Elise Harmon (1909–1985), computer miniaturization
• Ami Harten (1946–1994), applied mathematics
• Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1885–1975), antifungal medication
• Marti Hearst (fl from 1990s), text mining
• Ada Henry Van Pelt (1838–1923), water purification
• Beulah Louise Henry (1887–1973), sewing machines, freezers, typewriters
• Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886–1939), educational psychology
• Erna Schneider Hoover (born 1926), computerized telephone switching
• Grace Hopper (1906–1992), computer programming language compiler
• Ida Henrietta Hyde (1857–1945), intracellular micropipette electrode

J

• Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965), computer applications, sunlight-readable display, laptop development
• Karen C. Johnson (born 1955), preventative health
• Kristina M. Johnson (born 1957), optoelectronic processing, 3-D imaging
• Amanda Jones (1935–1914), vacuum canning
• Eldorado Jones (1860–1932), aeronautical mufflers, electric iron developments
• Marjorie Joyner (1896–1994), cosmetics, permanent waving

K

• Anna Keichline (1899–1943), interior design, kitchen features, construction bricks
• Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (1912–2006), sanitary belt
• Mary Dixon Kies (1752–1837), hat manufacture
• Elizabeth Kingsley (1871–1957), crossword puzzles
• Margaret E. Knight (1838–1914), flat-bottomed paper bag
• June Kroenke (fl 1960s–1990s), sewing tools
• Deepika Kurup (born 1998), solar-powered water purification
• Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014), synthetic fibres
• (born 1977), bra inserts

L

• Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), radio guidance systems
• Esther Lederberg (1922–2006), microbial genetics
• Cricket Lee (born 1953), clothing fitting
• Tara Lemmey (fl 2010s), information technology

M

• Elizabeth Magie (1866–1948), game of Monopoly
• Misha Mahowald (1963–1996), computational systems
• Annie Malone (1869–1957), cosmetics
• Joy Mangano (born 1956), self-wringing mop, luggage systems
• Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893–1993), systolic blood-pressure test
• Sybilla Righton Masters (1676–1720), corn milling, hat making
• Melanie Mayron (born 1952), skin care products
• Frances McConnell-Mills (1900–1975), hair rinse
• Florence Melton (1911–2007), foam-soled slippers
• Ynes Mexia (1870–1938), botany
• Catharine Cox Miles (1890–1984), human intelligence
• Karen Mohlke (fl from 1990s), human genetics
• Mary Sherman Morgan (1921–2004), Hydyne rocket fuel
• Virginia A. Myers (1927–2015), printing press developments

N

• Lyda D. Newman (fl 1890s), hairbrush

P

• Bonnie Pemberton (fl from 1990s), cat anti-scratch deterrent
• Radia Perlman (born 1951), spanning-tree networking protocol
• Lindsay Phillips (born 1984), flip-flop design

R

• Sibyl M. Rock (1909–1981), mass spectrometry
• Ernestine Rose (1810–1892), deodorizer
• Lorraine Rothman (1932–2007), menstrual extraction kit

S

• Leona D. Samson (born 1952), DNA repair
• Sandra Scarr (born 1936), developmental psychology
• Patsy O'Connell Sherman (1930–2008), Scotchgard, repellents
• Amy B. Smith (born 1962), screenless hammer mill, phase-change incubator
• Pamela S. Soltis (born 1957), botany, polyploidy
• Harriet Williams Russell Strong (1844–1926), water storage
• Janese Swanson (born 1958), educational games

T

• Esther Takeuchi (born 1953), energy storage
• Valerie Thomas (born 1943), illusion transmitter
• Madeline Turner (fl 1916), fruit press
• Anne Tyng (1920–2011), children's construction set

W

• Grace Wahba (born 1934), statistics
• Mary Walton (fl 1879), reduced hazards of smoke emissions
• Sandra Welner (1858–2001), patient examination table
• Eliza Wilbur (1851–1930), telescopes
• Nancy Farley Wood (1903–2003), ionizing radiation detectors

Y

• Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921–2011), radioimmunoassay technique

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