By Jovina Zion Pradeep
Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
Throughout time, women have proved that they can contribute as much as men to society.
To celebrate this day here are a few extraordinary women that made a quiet difference in our world:
Letitia Geer
An American nurse who invented the one-hand medical syringe
Anna Connelly
The inventor of the predecessor of the modern outdoor fire escape; her invention saved lives, causing it to become a safety component in modern buildings.
Mary Anderson
Windshield wipers - invented when she desperately wanted to get out of a traffic jam caused by a sudden snowstorm one in New York City.
Dr. Jane Cooke Wright
A pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions to chemotherapy. In particular, Wright is credited with developing the technique of using human tissue culture rather than laboratory mice to test the effects of potential drugs on cancer cells
Florence Parpart
An American inventor known primarily for her patents for an industrial sweeping machine and electrical refrigerator.
Prof. Pratibha Gai
Created the atomic-resolution environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM) and is an outspoken advocate for women with careers in science.
Mary Sherman Morgan
A U.S. rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1.
Edith M. Flanigen
Won the Perkin Medal for her patent on a process of creating synthetic emeralds to be used in the jewelry industry.
Katherine Cook Briggs
and daughter
Isabel Briggs Myers
Myers-Briggs type indicator test - The test assigns a binary value to each of four categories: introversion or extraversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, and judging or perceiving.
Ellen Ochoa
A veteran of three NASA Space Shuttle flight missions and the first Hispanic-American woman in space, is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method, and a method for noise removal in images. Her inventions significantly increased the ability to capture and analyze finely-detailed imagery, including applications in space and on the Earth.
With the wide variety of women throughout history whose inventions and ideas have become the foundation of society as we know it today, women have successfully made their mark.
Happy Women's Equality Day, may all women find their voice in the world!
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