Mary Brush

For the American aviator, artist, and camouflage developer, see Mary Taylor Brush.

Mary Brush (fl. 1815) of Davenport, Iowa,[1] was an American inventor and one of the first American women to be granted a patent by the U.S. patent office.[2] Her patent, granted on 21 July 1815, was for a corset.[3] It improved on the design and was meant to "preserve the shape of the womanly figure."[4] The Cincinnati Enquirer, in 1908, identified her as the second American woman to be granted a patent.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Women Inventors". The Times-Democrat. 24 May 1908. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Brush, Mary". 4000 Years of Women in Science. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Her Inventive Genius". Omaha Daily Bee. 16 June 1895. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Useful Inventions". The Citizen. 11 August 1909. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The First Patent". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1 November 1908. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Serial Set Vol. No. 207, Report H. Doc. 50 of 13 January 1831 at GenealogyBank.


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