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Elizabeth Magie patented "The Landlord's Game" in 1904, to protest land-grabbing and demonstrate its effects.

Stephanie Kwolek won DuPont's Lavoisier Medal of Honor for outstanding technical achievement in 1995 for her discovery.

Mary Anderson was credited with the invention of the windshield wiper blade after patenting a window cleaning device for automobiles in 1903.

Josephine Chochran's dishwasher was patented in 1886 and showcased it at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

After marketing her invention for over 20 years, Bette Nesmith sold her invention of "Liquid Paper" to the Gilette Company for over 47 million dollars.

Mary A. Delaney patented a leading device for dogs in 1908.

Sarah Goode's folding beds were granted a patent in 1885.

As a Shaker, Tabitha Babbitt never patented any of her inventions, but her solution to the inefficiency of a whip saw came in 1813.

Although her late husband is credited as the inventor in the 1859 patent, Martha Coston spent ten years prior inventing and perfecting the idea she found in one of her husband's old notebooks.

Marie Van Britton Brown invented closed circuit television as a home security system and applied for the patent in 1966.

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