WorksheetsFemale Inventors
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 16mins
Bette Nesbit Graham invented:
graham crackers
liquid paper
the fire escape
the nickel hydrogen battery
Anna Connelly invented
the fire escape
scotch guard
gas mask
fire extinguisher
Dr. Shirley Jackson did NOT contribute to which one of these items:
caller ID
fiber optic cables
solar cells
portal fax machine
wi-fi
Patsy Sherman invented
scotch guard
invisible glass
wireless technology
submarine telescope
Which game was inventor by Elizabeth Magie
The Game of Life
Monopoly
Candy Land
Connect
__________ invented the programming language COBOL.
Sarah Matters
Grace Hopper
Margaret Knight
Katherine Blodgett
First used the words "bug" and "debugging" in reference to solving or fixing computer and coding problems/issues.
Maria Beasley
Gertrude Anthers
Grace Hopper
Yvonne Cicada
Tabitha Babbitt invented the
signal flares
circular saw
windshield wipers
life raft
Inventor of the body of knowledge that led to touch tone telephones, fiber optics, and portable fax machine.
Patricia Bath
Shirley Jackson
Sarah Mathers
Stephanie Kwolek
The inventor of frequency hopping which is called spread spectrum which is the basis for Bluetooth, Wi-fi and many other technologies that we use today.
Dr. Shirley Jackson
Dr. Patricia Bath
Hedy Lamarr
Ada Lovelace
Which invention is NOT Hedy Lamarr's?
Recommended to Howard Hughes that the shape of airplane wings should not be square and provide sketches of what airplane wings should look like.
Made a flavored tablet that would fizz when put in water as a substitute for not having Coca Cola during WWII.
Devised a way for ships to communicate with torpedoes without being hacked by the Germans during WWII.
Wrote the first computer algorithm for an early computing machine and work with Charles Babbage.
Martha Coston invented
signal flares
signal lights
solar flares
solar cells
Which photo is a picture of Dr. Patricia Bath inventor of laser cataract surgery; the Laserphaco Probe.
Mary Anderson invented
windshield wipers
brake pads
life raft
heart surgery adhesive
Invented medicines for leukemia, HIV and malaria
Dr. Patricia Bath
Dr. Shirley Jackson
Dr. Mae Jemison
Gertrude Bell Elion
Invented the world's first brake pads the Motorwagen.
Bertha Benz
Alexis Ford
Mrs. Rudolph Diesel
Mercedes Jellinek
Inventor of the fireproof and indestructible plaster called geobond used in construction.
Patricia Billings
Patricia Bath
Yvonne Brill
Tabitha Babbit
Her satellite propulsion system is the industry standard for communication satellites; she also contributed to weather satellites.
Yvonne Brill
Stephanie Kwolek
Gertrude Elion
Gertrude Bell
Invented a heart surgery adhesive
Maria Pereira
Dr. Quinn
Dr. Lisa Masterson
Olga D. Gonzalez
Invented the nickel hydrogen battery
Olga D. Gonzalez-Sanabria
Patsy Sherman Connelly
Lizzie Magie
Stephanie Kwolek
Yvonne Brill invented
satellite propulsion
brillo pads
brake pads
shoulder pads
Katherine Blodgett invented
invisible glass
windshield wipers
plexiglass
tempered glass
Invented the submarine telescope; received a patent for it on 7/5/1864.
Sarah P. Mather
Stephanie Kwolek
Margaret Knight
Bette Nesbit
Maria Beasley invented the
life raft
board game--Landlord
circular saw
fire escape
Kevlar is an immensely strong plastic, first used as a replacement for steel reinforcing strips in racing car tires, and now used in a large number of applications where high strength is required without high weight. Kevlar's inventor is
Stephanie Kwolek
Tabitha Babbitt
Patricia Billings
Yvonne Brill
Known as the "Women Edison" this inventor received more 20 patents including the patent for a machines the makes square-bottom paper bags.
Margaret Knight
Sheila Sacks
Sarah Mather
Olga D. Gonzalez-Sanabria
