Women Inventors - Inventions by Women
Female inventors: women whose inventions have made a difference.
Chinese Empress Discovers Silk Secret
Description of the legend of the discovery of silk in ancient China by the Empress Lei-tzu.
Description of the legend of the discovery of silk in ancient China by the Empress Lei-tzu.
Elizabeth Lee Hazen & Rachel Fuller Brown
They invented nystatin, an antifungal antibiotic, used to treat fungal infections in humans as well as Dutch elm disease and molds affecting artworks.
They invented nystatin, an antifungal antibiotic, used to treat fungal infections in humans as well as Dutch elm disease and molds affecting artworks.
