women inventors | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/women-inventors/RSS feed for women inventorsenThu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000This Building Hosted Lincoln's Inaugural Ball and Displayed the Declaration of Independence. Today, It's Home to Two World-Class Art Museumshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-building-hosted-lincolns-inaugural-ball-and-displayed-the-declaration-of-independence-today-its-home-to-two-world-class-art-museums-180988990/The Old Patent Office Building now houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. A new exhibition spotlights the structure's rich history of encouraging innovationThu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-building-hosted-lincolns-inaugural-ball-and-displayed-the-declaration-of-independence-today-its-home-to-two-world-class-art-museums-180988990/When Patent Protections Couldn’t Keep Pace With Ingenuity in the Colonies, One Inventive Woman Took Her Case to Britainhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/patent-protections-couldnt-keep-pace-with-ingenuity-colonies-one-inventive-woman-took-case-britain-180988827/Sybilla Righton Masters devised a novel way to work with grains available to her in Philadelphia. A long journey led to the first patent issued to an American (though it went to her husband)Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/patent-protections-couldnt-keep-pace-with-ingenuity-colonies-one-inventive-woman-took-case-britain-180988827/How Americans Got Hooked on Counting Calories More Than a Century Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americans-got-hoooked-counting-calories-more-than-century-ago-180984428/A food history writer and an influential podcast host tell us how our thinking about health and body weight has—and hasn’t—evolved ever since Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters took the nation by stormThu, 30 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americans-got-hoooked-counting-calories-more-than-century-ago-180984428/When Barbie Broke the Glass Ceilinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-barbie-broke-the-glass-ceiling-180982566/The iconic doll traveled to space, flew with the Thunderbirds and joined the NBA, beating real-life women to an array of career milestonesThu, 20 Jul 2023 13:05:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-barbie-broke-the-glass-ceiling-180982566/The First Female Crash Dummy Has Arrivedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-female-crash-dummy-has-arrived-180981072/Women are more likely to get injured in car crashes, but the currently available test dummies don’t reflect the average female bodyFri, 04 Nov 2022 16:09:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-female-crash-dummy-has-arrived-180981072/Invented by a Woman Activist, an Early 1970s Rape Kit Arrives at the Smithsonianhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/invented-woman-activist-early-1970s-rape-kit-arrives-smithsonian-180980036/Martha Goddard didn’t receive much recognition—instead she got the job doneMon, 09 May 2022 14:41:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/invented-woman-activist-early-1970s-rape-kit-arrives-smithsonian-180980036/Meet the Trailblazers in Women’s Olympic Snowboardinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-trailblazers-in-womens-olympic-snowboarding-180979498/The careers of Shannon Dunn-Downing, Kelly Clark, Amy Purdy and Hannah Teter are recognized in the Smithsonian collections; learn their storiesFri, 04 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-trailblazers-in-womens-olympic-snowboarding-180979498/This Teenager Is Developing a Video Game That Assesses Your Mental Healthhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/teenager-developing-video-game-assesses-your-mental-health-180978524/Rasha Alqahtani, an 18-year-old from Saudi Arabia, is determined to help her peers learn about their anxiety—in the wildly popular setting of 'Minecraft'Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/teenager-developing-video-game-assesses-your-mental-health-180978524/Rea Ann Silva Invented the 'Beautyblender' and Changed Makeup Foreverhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/08/16/beautyblender/Silva’s work as a makeup artist on "Girlfriends" unexpectedly thrust her into the beauty products industry as an innovator and entrepreneurTue, 17 Aug 2021 19:31:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/08/16/beautyblender/Hear Voices of Women Trailblazers in Science, Technology and Innovationhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/american-womens-history-initiative/2021/05/06/hear-voices-women-leaders-science-technology-and-innovation/Ophthalmologist Patricia Bath worked to bring healthcare to underserved communities and teach girls about STEMMon, 10 May 2021 14:54:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/american-womens-history-initiative/2021/05/06/hear-voices-women-leaders-science-technology-and-innovation/