National Inventors Hall Of Fame: Mary Anderson

Inventions can come through anything. It might be through creativity, inspiration, and even hard work. One of the inventors in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Mary Anderson, changed how the world worked. Mary Anderson, the inventor of the windshield wiper, showed a lot about how she made her invention. Mary Anderson was born in the reconstruction era (after the Civil War), and she was born to be an inventor. In Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson was a real estate developer before she became an inventor. The debate about if “inventions are realized through inspiration or perspiration (hard work)”, we will have Mary Anderson, through evidence, show if it comes through inspiration, or perspiration, or even both.

Mary Anderson's invention of the windshield wiper was an example of inspiration. In the early 1900s, Mary Anderson was inspired to make something called the windshield wiper when she was in her 20s. According to some texts and media, Anderson was inspired to make this invention by looking at people

Even after she died, she wasn't given any credit until 2011, when she was announced into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Anderson showed inspiration and perspiration, but she also had obstacles in her way. In 1903, Anderson tried to apply for a patent, but she had opponents that were 2 steps ahead of her. Since cars weren't very popular, people didn't see the need to have windshield wipers. They also said the windshield wipers might be a distraction to the driver when driving. They were very contradictory about the situation. But, later in 1913, an automobile manufacturing business felt that windshield wipers were an important need in everyday lives. In 1917, Charlotte Bridgewood patented her windshield wiper. Yes, Mary Anderson was an inventor, but she was also brave enough to go through other people’s dissent. You need more than inspiration or perspiration to be an