Martha Coston
1826
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1904
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
award received: National Inventors Hall of Fame
Martha Jane Coston (December 12, 1826 – July 9, 1904) was an American inventor and businesswoman who invented the Coston flare, a device for signaling at sea, and the owner of the Coston Manufacturing Company. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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