Mary Kies
Biography:
Mary Dixon was born in Killingly, Connecticut (United States) on March 21, 1752. She
was born to a family of farmers, daughter of John and Janet Kennedy Dixon.
She married Isaac Pike I, and in 1770 they had a son named Isaac Pike II .
After his death she married John Kies. When John Kies died, she went to Brooklyn,
New York to live with her second son, Daniel Kies.
She had 3 children; Isaac Pike II , Daniel Kies and Abigail Kies.
Unfortunately, she died at the age of 85, in 1837, in New York.
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Invention:
Kies invented and patented a new method by which the weaving of straw with silk and thread became more effective. This method reduced costs when manufacturing hats. She worked in Massachusetts.
Due to the Napoleonic wars, it was very difficult to import goods to the United States. They sold hats made of silk to the people that worked in the countryside.
But she not only invented that method, she was the first American woman to obtain a patent.
At that time, the women weren’t authorized to have possessions in their name. Unfortunately, the patent was destroyed because there was a fire in 1836 at the Patent Office.
She didn’t became rich because of the patent, but other people benefited from it.
Picture extracted from: https://mujeresquehacenlahistoria.blogspot.com/2016/05/siglo-xviii-mary-dixon-kies.html
References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dixon_Kies
By: Mariam Kheta and Yasmin Zegaa
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