Women are invading another domain hitherto almost entirely occupied by men – that of inventions. The advance by women in this ...

On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.) Of course, women inventors existed before this time, ...

From the first mothers to walk this earth to the Spice Girls’ girl power to female leaders around the globe, Beyoncé was right. When it comes to who runs the world, it’s girls. And while women haven’t ...

Grace Hopper in her office. The world’s first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace, was born in 1815 to the poet Lord Byron and his wife. A highly imaginative young woman with a mind for numbers, ...

Mary Kenner invented a sanitary belt with a moisture-proof pocket in the 1920s but faced racial discrimination that blocked ...

Stacker scoured the internet to highlight 10 groundbreaking inventions and celebrate the women who created them. - Cynthia Johnson // Getty Images Stacker scoured the internet to highlight 10 ...