Hannah Slater

Hannah Slater (née Wilkinson; 1774–1812) was an early American pioneer and inventor.[1] Some sources state that she was the first American woman to receive a patent,[2][3] however others state that Hazel Irwin, who received a patent for a cheese press in 1808,[4][5] or Mary Kies, in 1809, was the first.[6][7]

  1. ^ Newell, Aimee (2014). A Stitch in Time: The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America. Ohio University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8214-2052-2.
  2. ^ "Women Inventors | History Detectives | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
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  4. ^ ""Not for Ornament": Patenting Activity by Nineteenth-Century Women Inventors", by B. Zorina Khan, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, xxxi:2 (Autumn, 2000), 159–195" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  5. ^ Progress and Potential: A profile of women inventors on U.S. patents Archived 2021-09-16 at the Wayback Machine United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  6. ^ Blakemore, Erin. "Meet Mary Kies, America's First Woman to Become a Patent Holder". Retrieved 2016-08-11.
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