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Picturing Women Inventors is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, in collaboration with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and is sponsored by Lyda Hill Philanthropies IF/THEN Initiative and Ericsson.
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
Inventor
This image is a black and white photograph of Grace Hopper in her Navy uniform.
Click each image for additional information and resources about each woman inventor featured in the Smithsonian exhibit, Picturing Women Inventors
Picturing Women Inventors
Ellen 
Ochoa
Electrical Engineer & Astronaut
This image is Ellen Ochoa's official NASA portrait. She is pictured in her spacesuit.
Lisa Lindahl, HinDa Miller, & Polly Palmer Smith
Inventors
This is a photograph of Polly Palmer Smith, Hinda Miller, and Linda Lindahl.
Amy 
Prieto
Founder of Prieto Battery
This is a picture of Amy Prieto in her lab.
Madison Maxey
Founder of Loomia
This is  photograph of Madison Maxey working on her e-textile fabric invention
Ayah
Bdeir
Founder of littleBits
This is an image of Ayah Bdeir standing behind a table with littleBits on top of the table.
Grace
Hopper
Computer Programmer
Theresa Dankovich
 Co-Founder of
Folia Water
This image is a picture of Theresa Dankovich.
Marion O'Brien DonoVan
Inventor
This image is a picture of Marion O'Brien Donovan standing behind her closet organizer invention.
Mária 
Telkes
Biophysicist
This is a black and white photograph of Mária Telkes.
Kavita Shukla
Founder of The FRESHGLOW Co.
This is a picture of Kavita Shukla holding her FRESHPAPER invention.
Sharon Rogone
NICU Nurse & Founder of Small Beginnings
This is a picture of Sharon Rogone.
This is a black and white photograph of Marjorie Stewart Joyner.
Alexis
 Lewis
Inventor
This is a photograph of Alexis Lewis holding her emergency mask pod invention.
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineer
This is a photograph of Michelle Khine sitting on a stool in her lab.
STephanie Kwolek
Chemist
This is a photograph of Stephanie Kwolek holding a spool of Kevlar.
cynthia 
breazeal
Social Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction Pioneer
This is a picture of Cynthia Breazeal.
Marilyn Hamilton
Co-Founder of
Motion Designs
This image is a photo of Marilyn Hamilton playing tennis in the sports wheelchair she invented.
PAtricia 
Bath
Eye Surgeon
This image is a photo of Patricia Bath sitting by her ophthalmological equipment at her home office.
TAra  
Astigarraga
Software Engineer
This image is a photo of Tara Astigarraga.

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