Patsy Oconnell Sherman News Today

As of last year, only 10 percent of U.S. patent holders were women, although women account for half of doctoral degrees in science and engineering.

Women Inventors Make Their Mark Imagine your home with no refrigerator, central heating, security system or WiFi. Without the resourceful women inventors who created these and other groundbreaking innovations over the past century, our home lives would be almost unrecognizable today. Not only did these early innovators enhance the comfort, safety and efficiency of American homes, they often did so in a culture that was dismissive of their achievements. Many women inventors had to co-author pate...