I invent because I cannot help it. — Beulah (Beulah depicted with one of her inventions, a bathable baby doll. Image via Library of Congress) They called her "Lady Edison." After she secured her first patent in 1912 (at age 25! for a vacuum ice cream freezer!), Beulah was on a roll. By the time of her death in 1973, she'd started two different inventing companies and had her name on 40-plus patents (although some historians estimate she was denied credit for more than 50 other inventions).
A Woman to Know: Beulah Louise Henry
A Woman to Know: Beulah Louise Henry
A Woman to Know: Beulah Louise Henry
I invent because I cannot help it. — Beulah (Beulah depicted with one of her inventions, a bathable baby doll. Image via Library of Congress) They called her "Lady Edison." After she secured her first patent in 1912 (at age 25! for a vacuum ice cream freezer!), Beulah was on a roll. By the time of her death in 1973, she'd started two different inventing companies and had her name on 40-plus patents (although some historians estimate she was denied credit for more than 50 other inventions).