Template:Did you know nominations/Maria E. Beasley
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 16:31, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
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Maria E. Beasley
Maria E. Beasley
- ... that between 1878 and 1898, American inventor Maria E. Beasley patented fifteen innovations, exhibited her work at two World's fairs, and founded a company that later sold for $1.4 million? Source: "Between 1878 and 1891, Maria E. Beasley ... received 14 patents... Later, in Chicago, she patented an anti-derailment device for railway cars (1898) ... She apparently exhibited her barrel-hooping machine at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans in 1884." (Autumn, Stanley [1995]. Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Rutgers University Press. pp. 347-348). "By the time of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, [Beasley] had become one of the leading women inventors in the world, and her patented machines were prominently displayed ... Beasley was quickly able to secure enthusiastic financial backers, which allowed her to establish her own enterprise in 1884 to make and sell barrels. The Beasley Standard Barrel Manufacturing Company, in which she was the majority shareholder, was acquired in 1891 by the American Barrel and Stave Company of New Jersey for $1.4 million in equity." (Khan, B. Zorina [2020]. Inventing Ideas: Patents, Prizes, and the Knowledge Economy. Oxford University Press. p. 269).
- ALT1: ... that between 1878 and 1898, American inventor Maria E. Beasley patented a footwarmer, an improved life raft, several barrel-making machines and an anti-derailment device for trains? Source: "Between 1878 and 1891, Maria E. Beasley... of Philadelphia received 14 patents, eight of which had to do with the barrel-making industry. Six of these eight were machines... Later, in Chicago, she patented an anti-derailment device for railway cars (1898)... she patented a foot-warmer, a baking or roasting pan, and two improved life rafts..." (Autumn, Stanley [1995]. Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Rutgers University Press. pp. 347-348).
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/René Prêtre
Improved to Good Article status by Alanna the Brave (talk). Self-nominated at 19:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC).
A newly minted GA, cited to reliable sources and by a well established user. A QPQ has been conducted, hooks are supported in the articl and AGF'ing on offline source. This looks good to go. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:47, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
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