On May 15, 1809, Mary Dixon Kies got the first U. S. patent issued to a woman. Kies, a Connecticut local, created a procedure for weaving straw with silk or string.First, Lady Dolley Madison praised her for boosting the country's hat industry. Lamentably, the patent record was annihilated in the tragic Patent Office fire in 1836. Until around 1840, just 20 different patents were issued to women. The creations identified with clothing apparatuses, cook stoves, and chimneys.
Raymond Reid: her boyfriend. Died in 1986, the doctors thought he has Guillain-Barré syndrome. His body exhumed in 1989, they found he has high level of arsenic. In 1990, Blanche convicted and sentenced to death for the first-degree murder of Reid.
MAYCOMB – Yesterday night, an unknown fire, measuring 20 meters in size, emerged from the house of Miss. Maudie Atkinson on Main Street. The fire injured nobody but had burnt the house down.
Later in his career, he made a machine that would curl hair. This device was later called a curling iron. He later patented it, making his first patented invention of two hundred seventy-one. Another invention he created was the indoor sprinkling system. This would not only put out fires, but also warn the fire department. Even with
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The modern cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney in 1793, and patented a year later in 1794.
One of the most influential women during this time period was Lillie Hitchcock Coit. She moved to California from West Point in 1851 with her parents. Lillie was very involved with the male community. She would dress in men’s clothing and gamble in the males-only establishments and soon became an avid part of the firefighters in the city. Ever since she was a young girl, Lillie found a fascination in fire fighting and once in her teens was out at the front of the line putting out fires with all the other men in the town. She became such an important figure to the firemen that they made her their mascot (Museum). The firemen made her an honorary member of the Knickerbocker Engine Company and citizen admired her for her affection that she had for the firefighters. After the 1906 earthquake, Lillie left funds for beautification in San Francisco, which is when the Coit Tower was built (Coit). Lillie ...
The 1911 the Triangle Shirt Factory fire was a wakeup call for safety precautions for the workforce in America. The fire made people realize what was really happening, how workers were being put in danger and being mistreated. I believe that if Theodore Roosevelt had known about the conditions or even cared about the conditions that he would have supported regulation of factory safety. There is a quote that says “you do not know what is happens behind closed doors;” I believe this is exactly what happened, because there were no laws saying they could or could not have the doors locked or working in rooms with windows or fire escapes or that smoking was not allowed in buildings. A year before the fire the same women that died in the factory
A huge part of the economical grow of the United States was the wealth being produced by the factories in New England. Women up until the factories started booming were seen as the child-bearer and were not allowed to have any kind of career. They were valued for factories because of their ability to do intricate work requiring dexterity and nimble fingers. "The Industrial Revolution has on the whole proved beneficial to women. It has resulted in greater leisure for women in the home and has relieved them from the drudgery and monotony that characterized much of the hand labour previously performed in connection with industrial work under the domestic system. For the woman workers outside the home it has resulted in better conditions, a greater variety of openings and an improved status" (Ivy Pinchbeck, Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850, pg.4) The women could now make their own money and they didn’t have to live completely off their husbands. This allowed women to start thinking more freely and become a little bit more independent.
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the largest disasters in American history. Practically overnight the great city of Chicago was destroyed. Before the fire there was a large drought causing everything to be dry and flammable, then a fire broke out in the O’Leary’s barn and spread throughout the city. Many attempts were made to put out the fire but there were too many errors and problems in the beginning. After the fire many people were left homeless and had to help build their city again (Murphy, 39)
during the mid 1700s, women were just seen as the second gender or the gender that was second important meaning that men were always were found to be way more important than women. In the 1700s, women didn’t have rights since men were always in control or were found to be way more intelligent. Women only had the purpose of providing kids, cooking, and cleaning, and maybe providing for the family but overall nothing more. Until Mary Wollstonecraft took charge by writing the Vindication of the Rights of Women. Mary worked as a teacher, chaperone, and a governess to aristocratic children. While having three different occupations, Mary found time to write the Vindication of the Rights of Women. Later on in her life her writing of the Vindication
Throughout the years of 1863 through 1950 American women and, engineers like Henry Ford were progressing in the workforce yet they were getting harsh critique's that sparked controversy for women, and industrialists that were seen as unfit for various jobs alongside with unfair judgments from their writings, and the media.Nevertheless,did the role of women undertake a temporary cessation. Women were once thought that they need to retain a physician to give them a special physical examination for their female conditions. In other words this was done not only to protect the property against the likelihood of lawsuit. But, it reveals any female weaknesses which would make her mentally or physically unfit for any job type. Considering this, women
Two years later she was the first women to receive the M.D degree from an American Medical School. In 1853, with the help of friends, she opened her own dispensary in a single rented room, and over time she moved to a larger building on Bleecker Street in 1857. She had worked in clinics for two years in London and Paris. And even though she had to give up her dream of becoming a surgeon she lived her life how she wanted it.
Women’s rights were reviewed because of the democratic ferment of the 1790s. Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a pamphlet which suggested women should have access to education. She believed females should be paid for employment, so that married women could be devoted to being good mothers and wives. Wollstonecraft stated that single women would be able to support themselves. She did not dispute established gender roles. In Wollstonecraft’s work she said women “ought to have representation” in government. She was the first individual to speak out about women’s rights, but was also criticized for it. Her work was an encouragement to women searching for better rights. Many women began to communicate their ideas in print. Hannah Adams was the first American
After a year of writing small articles for news sources that would accept her content she became noticed by her opposition and had many of her articles taken down due to the Comstock act of 1873. After having her writings and efforts to give out information suppressed she decided to end her nursing career and become a full time women’s rights activist. Shortly after, she separated with her husband and decided to get information and birth control devices from outside the country and to do so she traveled to Europe and researched as much as she could. After she returned she published more information but unlike before she had become well versed in birth control methods as well as sexual hygiene and she was more aggressive towards the Comstock laws. As a result her new works attracted even more attention and she was pursued by the government with even more
The Enlightenment questioned the role of women. For centuries men have dominated what the role of women should be. Many male writers believed that that women were lower intellectually value to men. But there were some philosophies, which showed some positive feed back for women. They argued that women were capable of all that men are. It was the woman thinkers who added new perspectives to the women question by suggesting better improvements for woman. Those thinkers believed that woman should be better educated. They should be able to learn what men are learning. A English writer Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the fonder of modern European feminism. She began the women movement arguing the rights of women. She declared, that women should have equal rights with education and in economic and political life.