Norma Merrick Sklarek was one of the first Black female architects in America who helped build iconic structures across the country.

The first half of the 20th century saw massive surges in polio cases, resulting in extended hospital stays for many, including Eleanor Abbot, a retired schoolteacher who invented Candyland to entertain the children she met in the polio ward.

By the 1990s, synthetic voices for computers and the disabled were mostly male until researcher Ann Syrdal helped develop the first functional female synthetic voice, paving the way for AI assistants like Siri.

Beulah Louise Henry was an American inventor whose creations—including the double chain stitch sewing machine, vacuum ice cream freezer, hair curler, double-ended umbrella and improved can opener—helped revolutionize manufacturing technology.