Time travelWhat would science be without these women?
To mark International Women's Day, we went in search of traces of women in history whose research, developments and discoveries still enrich our lives today.
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Mary Anderson (1866-1953) was an American contractor, rancher, vintner and inventor of the windshield wiper system. On November 10, 1903, she received US Patent No. 743801 for the world's first functioning windshield wiper system.