The Little-Known Story Of Mary Kenner, The First Black American Woman To Earn Five Patents
Mary Kenner was born into this tradition and inherited its specific challenges.
The patent system was available to her.
The business world was not.
The Gender History of American Invention
The history of women inventors in the United States parallels and intersects with the history of Black inventors in important ways, while also having its own distinct characteristics.
Women have been obtaining patents in the United States since the early nineteenth century.
The first confirmed female patent holder, Mary Kies, received her patent in 1809 for a straw weaving technique.
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