Humanities › History & Culture Women Inventors A to Z Biographies, inventions and photos of women inventors Share Flipboard Email Print Musée Curie / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 History & Culture Inventions Famous Inventors Famous Inventions Patents & Trademarks Invention Timelines Computers & The Internet American History African American History African History Ancient History and Culture Asian History European History Genealogy Latin American History Medieval & Renaissance History Military History The 20th Century Women's History View More By Mary Bellis Mary Bellis Inventions Expert Mary Bellis covered inventions and inventors for ThoughtCo for 18 years. She is known for her independent films and documentaries, including one about Alexander Graham Bell. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on October 06, 2019 This is a A to Z list of popular women inventors that we have more extensive information on: biographies, images, timelines, and other media. The Directory contains many more names, however, a biography may or may not be available. Recommended women inventors biographies are bolded. A Randi Altschul Virgie Ammons Mary Anderson Dorothy Arzner B Patricia E. Bath Miriam E. Benjamin Katherine Blodgett Bessie Blount Sarah Boone C Josephine Garis Cochran Marie Curie D, E, F Helen Free G Frances Gabe Sarah E. Goode Bette Nesmith Graham Temple Grandin H Ruth Handler Joycelyn Harrison Grace Hopper I, J, k Mary Phelps Jacob Marjorie Stewart Joyner Anna Keichline Margaret Knight Stephanie Louise Kwolek L, M N, O, P, Q, R Lyda Newman Julie Newmar Ellen Ochoa T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z Harriet Tubman Madame Walker Mary Walton - Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Bellis, Mary. "Women Inventors A to Z." ThoughtCo, Jul. 31, 2021, thoughtco.com/women-inventors-a-to-z-1992651. Bellis, Mary. (2021, July 31). Women Inventors A to Z. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/women-inventors-a-to-z-1992651 Bellis, Mary. "Women Inventors A to Z." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/women-inventors-a-to-z-1992651 (accessed June 4, 2023). copy citation