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Joplin Library to host “Picturing Women Inventors” to celebrate female achievements
Throughout American history, women with diverse backgrounds and interests created inventions that change lives every day, though they haven’t always had equal opportunities to become inventors or received much recognition for their inventions.
To recognize the achievements of some of these women, the Smithsonian and the United States Patent and Trademark Office created “Picturing Women Inventors,” a poster exhibition that explores the inventions of 19 highly accomplished American women. Astronauts, computer pioneers, and businesswomen join athletes, engineers, and even teenagers in this remarkable group of inventors.
This eight poster exhibition will be on display in The Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation Gallery inside Joplin Public Library March 1-31, 2023.
“Picturing Women Inventors” is distributed at no cost to schools, libraries, museums and community organizations by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.