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03-24-2016, 03:16 PM
5 women inventors you can thank for making your life so much easier
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Video: Vicky Leta, Andrea Roma**, Alisa Stern
We live in a cushy and convenient world full of big and small in**vations that mean we can spend an entire weekend in bed rather than actually doing something with our lives.*
But somebody had to make it all possible, and **t all great inventors are men in white lab coats hiding behind curtains.
SEE ALSO: Bold, black and brilliant: Unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement (http://mashable.com/2016/02/13/civil-rights-unsung-heroes/)
Here are are just a few of the women inventors you can thank for making your life a little easier.
Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (January 1873 – June 1950)
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Born in Dresden, Germany, Bentz was frustrated by the heavy espresso machines, or percolators, of her day. The heavy equipment was finicky and often left coffee grounds at the bottom of your drink. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/wtf-history-women-inventors/)
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Video: Vicky Leta, Andrea Roma**, Alisa Stern
We live in a cushy and convenient world full of big and small in**vations that mean we can spend an entire weekend in bed rather than actually doing something with our lives.*
But somebody had to make it all possible, and **t all great inventors are men in white lab coats hiding behind curtains.
SEE ALSO: Bold, black and brilliant: Unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement (http://mashable.com/2016/02/13/civil-rights-unsung-heroes/)
Here are are just a few of the women inventors you can thank for making your life a little easier.
Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (January 1873 – June 1950)
http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzIzLzQ0L0dJRjEuODFkODguZ2lmCnAJdGh1bW IJNTc1eDQwOTY-/e8329aff/0f7/GIF1.gif
Image: Vicky leta, Alisa Stern, Mashable
Born in Dresden, Germany, Bentz was frustrated by the heavy espresso machines, or percolators, of her day. The heavy equipment was finicky and often left coffee grounds at the bottom of your drink. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/wtf-history-women-inventors/)
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