The First Woman to Get a U.S. Patent (History Forgot Her)

Описание: "The Hatmaker’s Patent: America’s First Female Inventor | Inventing America (S3 E2)"**

In 1809, Mary Dixon Kies, a widowed hatmaker from Connecticut, made history by becoming the first woman in the United States to receive a U.S. patent. Her ingenious method—weaving silk into straw—revolutionized early American hatmaking, fueling a wartime industry at a time when women were rarely acknowledged as inventors. Yet her story was nearly lost to time.

This episode of Inventing America uncovers:
🔹 How Kies’ patent broke barriers in a legal system that often denied women property rights.
🔹 Why Dolley Madison championed her work—and why history still overlooked her.
🔹 The tragic fate of her patent (hint: it went up in flames).
🔹 Her legacy today as a pioneer for women in innovation.

Why does her story matter?
Because Mary Kies didn’t just invent a new kind of hat—she invented permission for generations of female inventors to come.

🔍 Further Reading
• U.S. Patent Office archives on early women inventors
• Notable American Women (Harvard University Press)
• National Museum of American History: Textiles & Innovation

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