Inventors
Who created the first video-based home security system, patented in 1966?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
In what year was the 19th Amendment signed into law?
1920
In what year were women allowed to get credit cards in their own names?
1974
Who was the first Black woman millionaire in the US?
Madame C. J. Walker
Who was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. at Duke and the first woman ever to receive a degree in Biochemistry and Physiology at Duke?
Ida Stephens Owens (1967)
Who created the first syringe that could be operated using only one hand, patented in 1899?
Letitia Mumford Geer
How many years did it take for ALL women to be able to vote?
45 years (Votings Rights Act in 1965)
In what year was the Civil Rights Act signed?
1964
Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
Who was the first professor of Women’s History and the first woman chair of the history department at Duke?
Anne Firor Scott (1961, 1980)
Who is the inventor of the windshield wipers on automobiles, patented in 1903?
Mary Anderson
In what year was the first women’s rights convention held?
1848
In what year were women allowed to be admitted to Duke?
1897
Who was the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride (she was also the first gay astronaut)
Who were the first women to graduate from Duke?
Mary, Persis, and Teresa Giles (sisters, 1878)
Who created a much safer and easier-to-operate life raft, patented in 1882?
Maria Beasley
In what year was the Anti-Suffrage Party founded?
1970
In what year were women allowed in the US military?
1948
Who is the youngest Nobel Laureate?
Malala Yousafzai
Who was the first women administrator at Duke?
Alice Mary Baldwin (1923, Dean of Women)
Who created the mechanical dishwasher which debuted in 1893? Her company became KitchenAid!
Josephine Cochrane
In what year was the Woman Suffrage Amendment introduced in Congress?
1877
In what year were women allowed to file for divorce?
1937
Who was the world’s first computer programmer?
Ida Lovelace
Who were the first women to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering at Duke?
Marie Foote Reel and Muriel Theodorsen Williams (1946)