Valerie Hunter Gordon | |
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Born | Valerie Ziani de Ferranti 7 December 1921 Baslow, Derbyshire, England |
Died | 16 October 2016 Beauly, Scotland | (aged 94)
Occupation | Inventor |
Known for | Inventing the first disposable nappy system |
Valerie Hunter Gordon (née Valerie Ziani de Ferranti; 7 December 1921 – 16 October 2016) was the British inventor of PADDI, a sustainable nappy system considered to be the world's first disposable nappy, and Nikini, an early sanitary towel system.