By the end of the 20th century only 10 percent of all issued patents owned by women. If you make a list of the most famous inventions over the past few centuries, the authors of these inventions will be very few women. And it's not that women do not know how to invent, or they have no creative flair, but they face many obstacles in obtaining "credit" for their ideas.
Take, for example, the case of Sybil Masters (Sybilla Masters), a woman who lived in the American colonies. After observing the work of Indian women, she invented a new way to turning corn into cornmeal. Sybil went to England in order to obtain a patent for his idea, however, under existing laws when women were forbidden to have their property, including intellectual. Such property is usually owned by a woman or her father or her husband. In 1715 a patent for its invention yet been issued, the document was the name of her husband. Such property laws did not allow many women to acquire patents for their inventions. Women are also less likely to receive and receive technical training that would help them to generate great ideas and make them a real product. Many women are faced with prejudice and ridicule when they sought help from the men in the implementation of their ideas. Mary Keith (Mary Kies) was the first American woman filed a patent in his name. In 1809, she developed a method of weaving straw hats that were the economic boon to New England. Given a document in his name, Mary, thus, paved the way for other women - to inventors in order to be entitled to patent their ideas. Below is a list of 10 items, whose authors are women.
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