Show worthwhile worth while inventions fruit of comans womans brain there are arc a great many more patents granted to men than to women for instance during the first 98 08 years of the patent system from 17 1700 to 1858 1868 only 2455 patents were granted to women altogether pat entil have been granted to women the fifteen thousandth one was granted to rose of rooklyn brooklyn B tor for an ice bag the first successful application under the patent law by a woman was recorded in 1809 when mary alary kles took out a patent tor for it n method ft f weaving straw with silk or thread in miss betsy metcalf hit upon ulios an invention for plaiting and br idding meadow grass gras s into bonnets miss lucy johnson in 1824 wove seam less cases hannah montague invented the detachable shirt collar the modern paper bag Is the invention of miss ilass M pl knight mrs martha J coston invented the flare light used for signaling by our coast guard and mariners marinero ma al over the world tile the first tee ice cream freezer wa was a invented indented by nancy 11 johnson |