Women Inventors

This traveling exhibit will be on display starting in February at the Hart Memorial Library. The exhibit will travel to our different branch locations on the following schedule:

When we think of inventors, most think of Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. What about women inventors? Although they may not be as well known, women have always solved problems by inventing. The stories on these posters illustrate that the creativity of women inventors ranges across diverse backgrounds and interests throughout American history. Picturing Women Inventors is a series that explores the inventions of 19 highly accomplished American women. Astronauts, computer pioneers, and businesswomen join athletes, engineers, and even teenagers in this remarkable group of inventors. 

This exhibit is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, and was developed in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and made possible with the support of the Lyda Hill Philanthropies IF/THEN Initiative and Ericsson.

Visit the Smithsonian Information Page.

Database Resources

We’ve found all the relevant resources from our collection of online databases. For our full list of databases, explore our Research & Learn tab.

Bibilioboard 

• Legends of History

Florida Electronic Library

• Digital Public Library of American (DPLA) – Women in Science

Google Arts & Culture

• Inventive Women – Online Exhibit
• It’s Time To Remember the Forgotten Women Scientists of History – Online Exhibit
• Inventions and Discoveries: Engineering Women – Online Exhibit

GALE General OneFile

• Women Inventors – Subject Guide

GALE In Context: Elementary

• Scientists and Inventors – Subtopic

GALE OneFile: Middle School Edition

• Women Inventors 

Kanopy

• Women in Science
• Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
• Big Dream: Young Women Entering STEM Fields
• Picture a Scientist
• Rachel Carson: The Woman Who Launched the Modern Environmental Movement
• Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
• The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn