Earning both public recognition for her inventions and making "barrel-loads" of money (wink, wink!), Maria E. Beasley was an inventor extraordinaire. With 15 patents to her name and millions of dollars in income, she is best known for her barrel-hooping machine, her revolutionised design of the life raft, and anti-derailment modifications made to trains. How exactly did this 19th-century American engineer such a wide variety of inventions?! Follow us in episode sixteen of The Inventing HerStory Podcast to learn all about Maria's trailblazing career in a male-dominated field, and how her legacy continues to impact modern engineering today.


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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_E._Beasley
https://www.stmarys.sa.edu.au/women-in-stem-maria-beasley.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-champaign-daily-gazette-woman-and-ho/90478469/
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https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/002673142/publication/US604513A?q=pn%3DUS604513

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Eva Ekeblad, also known as the "potato pioneer", was (one of) the first female chemists in Sweden. She experimented with using potatoes in many cooking and household applications including making potato bread, potato starch, dying yarn using potato starch, and most notably, liquor distilled from potatoes! During a time when potatoes were new and not yet popular in Sweden (believe it or not), these discoveries made a huge impact. Historians even credit increasing popular use of the potato with preventing famine in Europe! Follow us in episode fifteen of The Inventing HerStory Podcast to learn all about the history of the potato and Eva Ekeblad's use of the potato which contributed to their popularity in Sweden still today!


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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A4nnvin
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-distill-vodka/
https://popularhistoria.se/vetenskap/eva-ekeblad-gjorde-sprit-av-potatis
https://skbl.se/en/article/EvaEkeblad
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eva-Ekeblad
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16806


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Known as the "Mother of Aquariophily," Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the aquarium, allowing for groundbreaking studies of marine life in their natural habitats. But how did this invention come about?! Discover her remarkable journey from a seamstress in rural France to a self-learned naturalist whose innovative methods laid the foundation for modern marine research, not to mention aqua farming. Follow us as we explore the life and drama-filled journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power in episode fourteen of The Inventing HerStory Podcast!

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Villepreux-Power
Jeanne Villepreux-Power | French Naturalist, Inventor of Aquariums | Britannica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonauta_argo
https://www.britannica.com/animal/nautilus-cephalopod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_use_by_non-humans
Oinuma, C., (2008). "Octopus mercatoris response behaviour to novel objects in a laboratory setting: Evidence of play and tool use behavior?" In Octopus Tool Use and Play Behavior
https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=26020

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