Marion Donovan is known for inventing the disposable diaper, but Victor Mills took her idea and founded Pampers.
Since her mother died when Marion was seven, she grew up spending lots of time in the factory her father and uncle owned. The twin brothers were inventors and are best known for the South Bend lathe, which was used for grinding automobile gears and gun barrels. Although Marion was fascinated with what they did, she attended Rosemont College near Philadelphia and majored in En ...
Women and Adversity: Margaret Keane
Artist: Creator of “Big Eyes” paintings
Margaret Keane was duped! She didn’t realize her husband, Walter Keane, was taking credit for her paintings until ...
Esther Lederberg
Microbiologist: Pioneer in Bacterial Genetics
Discovered Lambda Phage virus
Few people know what lambda phage virus is, but Esther Lederberg discovered it in 1951. This disco ...
