If you've used Wi-Fi, windshield wipers or a dishwasher -- and who hasn't? -- you have a woman to thank. Male inventors such as Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla and Alexander Graham Bell get all the press.

Turning a great idea into a wildly popular product is a dream for inventors, but historically, that challenge has been substantially more difficult for Black inventors. Henry Baker. (Courtesy U.S.

Having an inventor parent multiplies by a factor of 13 a girl’s chances of becoming an inventor, but when a firstborn girl gets a younger brother, this advantage is completely swept off, a study by ...