Margaret Knight (1838-1914) was an inventor, most notably of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags. Special thanks to...

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Lost Women of Science A Grasshopper in Very Tall Grass: Trailer
The first modern-style code executed on a computer was written in the 1940s by a woman named Klára Dán von Neumann–or Klári to...
Innovators: Stephanie Kwolek
Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014) used her creativity in chemistry to create something miraculous. Her discovery has saved thousands...
Mpowered. By Women. For Women Mpowered with Maxine Attard
Maxine Attard, previously Maxine Aquilina, is a household name. Maxine is an actress, the founder of Jays of Sunshine – a...
Innovators: Beulah Louise Henry
Beulah Louise Henry (1887-1973) is nicknamed “Lady Edison” and is recognized for her everyday devices that made life a...
Women In Technology Spotlight Lidia Vasileva – Specialist Solutions Engineer
Lidia is currently a Specialist Solutions Engineer for the Network and Security Business Unit in the UK, where she’s...
Innovators: Bessie Blount Griffin
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009) has gone largely unknown. But her mission to help disabled veterans, and her ingenious...
Innovators: Crystal Eastman
Crystal Eastman (1881-1928) was unrelenting in her fight for equality. When the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, after...
Innovators: Frances Gabe
Frances Gabe (1915-2016) hated cleaning so much, she dreamt of building a house that could clean itself. Using her own money,...
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