Women | Inventors Inventors
Women Inventors & Innovators
of the 19th Century
(1800-1899)
Compiled by M. Charlot
- Name: Martha Jones
Invented: Improvement to the Corn Husker, Sheller
Patent No: 77,494
Date: May 5, 1868 - Name: Judy W. Reed
Invented: Dough Kneader and Roller
Patent No: 305,474
Date: September 23, 1884 - Name: Sarah E. Goode (Full name: Sarah Elisabeth Goode )
Invented: “Hideaway” Bed (foldout bed that converted into a desk)
Patent No: 322,177
Date: July 14, 1885 - Name: Mary Jones De Leon
Invented: Improvement in Cooking Apparatus
Patent No: 140,253
Date: June 24, 1873 - Name: Charlotte C. Barnwell
Invented: Folding bath stand
Patented No: 316,324
Date: April 21, 1885 - Name: Miriam E. Benjamin
Invented: Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels
Patent No: 386,289
Date: July 17, 1888 - Name: Ellen Eglin
Invented: Mechanical clothes wringer
- Name: Anna M. Mangin
Invented: Pastry Fork
Patent No: 470,005
Date: March 1, 1892 - Name: Sara Boone (Birth Name: Sarah Marshall)
Invented: Ironing Board
Patent No: 473,653
Date: April 26, 1892 - Name: Ada Harris
Invented: Hair Straightener
Patent No: 536,802
Date: April 2, 1895 - Name: Archia L. Ross
Invented: Runner for Stoops
Patent No: 565,301
Date: August 4, 1896 - Name: Archia L. Ross
Invented: Trousers Support or Stretcher
Patent No: 638,068
Date: November 28, 1899 - Name: Julia Terry Hammons
Invented: Apparatus for Holding Yarn Skeins
Patent No: 572,985
Date: December 15, 1896 - Name: Lyda Newman
Invented: Improved the Hairbrush
Patent No: 614,335
Date: November 15, 1898