Speaking of important information, stay up to date on the latest work ONE is doing and stay informed by signing up for ONE’s emails! 2. Imagine all the important information you would have missed without this amazing woman! Her research enabled others to invent the portable fax, touch-tone telephone, solar cells, fibre optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting. While working at Bell Laboratories, she conducted breakthrough scientific research with subatomic particles. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. Shirley Jackson was the first black woman to receive a Ph.D. Shirley Jackson – Telecommunication research We’ve taken a look at some of the most important discoveries and inventions made by women in the past 100 years and give them credit where credit is due. But, when women get the credit they deserve, they can become role models to inspire the next generation of girls. One of these women invented the first compiler for computer programming, forever changing technology, and the other invented Kevlar, a material five times stronger than steel! These inventions have forever altered the world, but as history shows us, women’s achievements are often overlooked. You’ve all heard of famous inventors such as Galileo (telescope), Karl Benz (automobile), Alexander Graham Bell (telephone), and Benjamin Franklin (bifocal glasses), but what about Grace Hopper and Stephanie Kwolek? This blog was originally published in 2016 and has since been updated.
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