Research
Texts
Kilo Girls Interview (1940)
Katherine Johnson Computation for NASA (1960)
Woman as Inventor (1870)
Handbook of Mathematical Functions (1964)
The Woven Pixel (2006)
Sounds
Punch Cards
Computers
Loom
Sewing Machines
Typewriters
Images
Human Computers
If she can only cook as well as Honeywell can compute.(1969)
The PDS 1020 - not just mother computer.(1964)
A later model in the PDP-8 family of minicomputers is under the heel of a miniskirted young woman.(1971)
Punching data into cards was considered clerical or secretarial job—which in those days was considered “women’s work.(1965)” So, most keypunch operators were women.
Videos
Basic Operation of IBM 29 Card Punch (1967)
AI Image Generation of "CEO of a technology company giving a presentation"
Computer Patents
US258518 — Adding-Machine (Mary E. Winter & Cushman W. Crary, May 23, 1882)
US310450 — Draftsman's Dividing-Instrument (Hertha Ayrton / Phoebe Sarah Marks, Jan 6, 1885)
US640348 — Computing Attachment for Scale-Beams (Margaret A. Wise, Jan 2, 1900)
US745167 — Calculator (Emily C. Duncan, Nov 24, 1903)
US749851 — Calculator (Emily C. Duncan, Jan 19, 1904)
US1097891 — Novelty Device (Elizabeth C. Swinnerton, May 26, 1914)
US1552113 — Calculator (Edith Clarke, Sep 1, 1925)
US1728491 — Number-Learning Device (Elizabeth Janneson, Sep 17, 1929)
USD164150 — Tax Computer (Sarah Ann Ayres, Aug 7, 1951)
US2973141 — Control means with record sensing for an electronic calculator (Evelyn Berezin, Feb 28, 1961)
Typewriter Patents
US825335 — Type-writing Machine — Edna Mcarthur (et al.) — Jul 10, 1906
US1166487 — Typewriting apparatus — Emma Sherwood — Apr 6, 1916
US498129 — Scale for Hammond Type-writers — Lizzie J. Magie — Mar 7, 1893
US2660502 — Typewriter — Mary M. Smith — Dec 22, 1953
US2897944 — Typewriter — Beulah Louise Henry — Aug 4, 1959
US3159264 — Keyboard assembly — Beulah Louise Henry — Dec 22, 1964
US3341861 — (Typewriter-related) — Beulah M Robbins — Sep 19, 1967
Loom Patents
US829474 — Loom — Mary P. C. Hooper — Aug 28, 1906
US951935 — Loom — Anna M. Boydston & Carrie A. Cowden — Mar 15, 1910
USD52697 — Loom-Frame (design) — Elna M. de Neergaard — Jun 11, 1918
US1332165 — Loom — Elna M. de Neergaard — Feb 24, 1920
US1532848 — Loom for Hand Weaving — Josephine Marie Weil — Apr 7, 1925
Sewing Machine Patents
US141987 — Improvement in Sewing-Machines — Helen A. Blanchard — May 6, 1873
US252992 — Sewing-Machine Needle (Hollow Needle) — Helen A. Blanchard — Feb 14, 1882
US500556 — Sewing-Needle — Helen A. Blanchard — Jun 27, 1893
US612011 — Improvements in Sewing-Machines — Helen A. Blanchard — Oct 11, 1898
US659999 — Sewing-Machine Needle — Helen A. Blanchard — Oct 16, 1900
US666578 — Sewing-Machine — Harriet Ruth Tracy — Jan 22, 1901
US683900 — Hat-Sewing Machine — Helen A. Blanchard — Oct 8, 1901
US683901 — Overseaming Sewing-Machine — Helen A. Blanchard — Oct 8, 1901
US684176 — Hat-Sewing Machine — Helen A. Blanchard — Oct 8, 1901
US683902 — Seam for Sewed Articles — Helen A. Blanchard — Oct 8, 1901
US829830 — Work Attachment for Sewing-Machines — Sarah Lambert Bailey — Aug 28, 1906
US837620 — Thread-Cutting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines — Margaret Graaf — Dec 4, 1906
US887586 — Guide for Sewing-Machines — Ida J. Calhoun — May 12, 1908
US921720 — Tension-Device for Sewing-Machines — Lillian C. Mattell — May 18, 1909
US1012856 — Combined Table and Work-Box — Mary E. Irving — Dec 26, 1911
US1022185 — Spool-Holder for Sewing-Machines — Ethel Mary Elsden (later Ethel M. Jones) — Apr 2, 1912
US1089816 — Method of Selvage-Sewing — Helen A. Blanchard — Mar 10, 1914
US1091672 — Cord and Rope-Making Device — Mary Magdalene Lamy — Mar 31, 1914
US1222503 — Combined Sewing-Machine Cabinet and Lap-Board — Margaret Elizabeth Beedle Williams — Apr 10, 1917
US1368820 — Bobbin-Unwinding Attachment for Sewing-Machines — (Inventor unlisted, likely early 1920s continuation)
Textile Patents
USD18001 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Elizabeth A. Fenner, 1888)
USD21525 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Annie G. Thyng, 1892)
USD21998 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Annie G. Thyng, 1892)
USD22554 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Ellen Whitcomb, 1893)
USD31457 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1899)
USD37613 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Emma W. Doughty, 1905)
USD37614 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Emma W. Doughty, 1905)
USD37615 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1905)
USD37616 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1905)
USD37618 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1905)
USD37620 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1905)
USD37621 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Harriet W. Fowler, 1905)
USD37622 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Harriet W. Fowler, 1905)
USD37628 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1905)
USD37629 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1905)
USD37630 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1905)
USD37631 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1905)
USD38062 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1906)
USD38064 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1906)
USD38085 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1906)
USD38099 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Emma W. Doughty, 1906)
USD38119 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1906)
USD38121 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1906)
USD38592 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Harriet W. Fowler, 1907)
USD38702 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1907)
USD38703 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Helen P. Johnstone, 1907)
USD38864 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1907)
USD38865 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Sophia L. Crownfield, 1907)
USD38876 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Ada M. Rapp, 1907)
USD38908 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Elizabeth L. Mosenthal, 1907)
USD38909 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Anna Olsson, 1907)
USD40782 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Anna Olsson, 1910)
USD60790 — Design for a Textile Fabric (Clara Katz, 1922)
USD71532 — Design for a Textile Fabric or Similar Article (Eleanor M. Sarton, 1926)
USD86782 — Textile Fabric for Upholstery or the Like (Edna F. Leonhardt, 1932)
USD86784 — Textile Fabric for Upholstery or the Like (Edna F. Leonhardt, 1932)
USD86787 — Textile Fabric for Upholstery or the Like (Edna F. Leonhardt, 1932)
USD86789 — Textile Fabric for Upholstery or the Like (Edna F. Leonhardt, 1932)
USD88338 — Textile Fabric or the Like (Irene A. Weitz, 1932)
USD88339 — Textile Fabric or the Like (Irene A. Weitz, 1932)
USD110853 — Textile Fabric (Edith M. Swanson, 1938)
USD111090 — Textile Fabric (Dorothy S. Smith, 1938)
USD118760 — Textile Fabric or Similar Article (Ruth Schmidt, 1940)
USD130798 — Needlepoint Tapestry Fabric or Similar Article (Ida Jolles, 1941)
USD131261 — Needlepoint Tapestry Fabric or Similar Article (Ida Jolles, 1942)
US282646 — Skirt-Protector (Margaret E. Knight & Harriet M. MacFarland, 1883)
US473653 — Ironing-Board (Sarah Boone, 1892)
US555428 — Cycling-Skirt (Alice Louisa Bygrave, 1896)
US610988 — Cycling-Skirt (Ellen M. Hoey, 1898)
US829474 — Loom (Mary P. C. Hooper, 1906)
US951935 — Loom (Anna M. Boydston & Carrie A. Cowden, 1910)
US1115674 — Brassiere (Mary P. Jacob, 1914)
US1364276 — Dress-Skirt Shield (Sallie C. Hannaford, 1921)
US1532848 — Loom for Hand-Weaving (Josephine M. Weil, 1925)
Clothing-Related Patents
US149280 — Improvement in Skirt-Protectors (Frederika M. McDonald, Mar 31, 1874)
US282646 — Skirt-Protector (Margaret E. Knight & Harriet M. MacFarland, Aug 7, 1883)
US318038 — Skirt-Protector (Annie E. Sawyer, May 19, 1885)
US473653 — Ironing-Board (Sarah Boone, Apr 26, 1892)
US540756 — Infants’ Bib (Mary Matilda Odell, Jun 11, 1895)
US555428 — Cycling-Skirt (Alice Louisa Bygrave, Feb 25, 1896)
US610988 — Skirt for Cycling (Ellen M. Hoey, Sep 20, 1898)
US637524 — Garment-Fastener (Carrie P. Parker, Nov 21, 1899)
US644606 — Garment (Laura H. Johnson, Mar 6, 1900)
US971680 — Catamenial Skirt-Protector (Mabel Marie Kline, Oct 11, 1910)
US1115674 — Brassiere (Mary Phelps Jacob, Nov 3, 1914)
US1137452 — Dress-Shield Protector (Anna E. Bienstock, Apr 27, 1915)
US1223854 — Nurse’s Cap (Harriet Cutler, Apr 24, 1917)
US1348754 — Dress-Shield Supporter (Ethel Shrader, Aug 3, 1920)
US1475018 — Dress Shield (Alma Marie Lassen, Nov 20, 1923)
US2113469 — Dress Shield (Eleanor W. Standley, Apr 5, 1938)