{"id":34894,"date":"2016-03-02T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T05:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/sinapse\/?p=34894"},"modified":"2025-06-05T17:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:50:18","slug":"patented-inventions-by-women-fire-escape-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/patented-inventions-by-women-fire-escape-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Day Series: Patented inventions by some real life heroines"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Women are always saying, ‘We can do anything that men can do.’ But Men should be saying, ‘We can do anything that women can do.'” \u2014Gloria Steinem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello readers, as most of us may know 8th<\/sup> March is celebrated as International Women\u2019s day. The day is celebrated to honour women\u2019s achievements all over the world, without any regards to restrictions like race, language, ethnicity etc. Even though the International Women\u2019s Day celebration has its roots in the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe, with time it has acquired a day celebrated across the globe.\u00a0 This year\u2019s theme for International Women\u2019s Day is\u201d Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality<\/a>\u201d. The theme, very aptly named, seeks to urge governments to \u2018step it up\u2019 and bridge the longstanding, gaping gender equality gap by formulating appropriate policies and laws.<\/p>\n

So we thought we should become a part of these celebrations too. We have a great series of posts lined up for you, where we will be discussing important inventions that have made a difference to our lives, all invented by some great women. \u00a0These women are the unsung heroines who have changed the way we live, and we don\u2019t even know that.<\/p>\n

The first invention we\u2019re discussing today, that might have saved millions of lives, is the \u2018fire escape\u2019. Patented by Anna Connelly in 1887, bearing patent number US368816 A, it may come as a surprise to most of you but this invention came into being at a time where women were not allowed to vote or work outside of their household.\u00a0 The abstract to the invention states<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy invention relates to improvements in fire-escapes; and it consists of a bridge surrounded by a railing and having openings in the ends of the floor thereof, as herein described, the said bridge being adapted to be placed on the roofs of adjoining or adjacent buildings, thereby permitting the ready and safe passage from one roof to the other. <\/em><\/p>\n

It further consists in providing, in connection with said bridge, alarms adapted to be operated from said bridge and located substantially as described, whereby the inmates of either or both of the said buildings may be alarmed, as and for the purpose set forth.<\/em> \u201c<\/p>\n

Even though Ms. Connelly\u2019s design for a fire escape was not the same as the modern fire escape, it proved to be a big help for the time and was definitely the precursor and inspiration. The working of the fire escape was simple, once the people reached the top of the building they could use the fire escape bridge to safely go to the neighboring building. What a life saver right?<\/p>\n

Well we\u2019ll be back with some more posts about some real life heroines! So stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Sources- 1<\/a>,2<\/a>,3<\/a>,4<\/a>,5<\/a>,6<\/a><\/p>\n

Image Source\/Attribution here<\/a>, this image is in the public domain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article celebrates International Women\u2019s Day by spotlighting women inventors and their patented contributions. The first in a series, it examines Anna Connelly\u2019s 1887 fire escape patent and its impact. Further posts in the series will continue to explore inventions by remarkable women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[8077,8078,8079,5,8076,8075,1587,8080],"class_list":["post-34894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-patents","tag-anna-connelly","tag-fire-escape","tag-gender-equality","tag-intellectual-property","tag-international-womens-day","tag-patented-inventions","tag-women-inventors","tag-womens-achievements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134164,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34894\/revisions\/134164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}