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

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

Lisa Lindahl, HinDa Miller, & Polly Palmer Smith
Inventors

Amy
Prieto
Founder of Prieto Battery

Madison Maxey
Founder of Loomia

Ayah
Bdeir
Founder of littleBits

Grace
Hopper
Hopper
Computer Programmer
Theresa Dankovich
Co-Founder of
Folia Water
Folia Water

Marion O'Brien DonoVan
Inventor

Mária
Telkes
Biophysicist

Kavita Shukla
Founder of The FRESHGLOW Co.

Sharon Rogone
NICU Nurse & Founder of Small Beginnings


Alexis
Lewis
Inventor

Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineer

STephanie Kwolek
Chemist

cynthia
breazeal
Social Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction Pioneer

Marilyn Hamilton
Co-Founder of
Motion Designs
Motion Designs

PAtricia
Bath
Eye Surgeon

TAra
Astigarraga
Software Engineer
