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Inventor of the Week: Marion Donovan (1917-1998): Disposable Diaper URL: http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/donovan.html Description: Profile of Marion Donovan, who "helped revolutionize the infant care industry by inventing the prototype of the disposable diaper." Topics include Donovan's development of a waterproof diaper cover, her work on the disposable paper diaper, and her other inventions that earned her over a dozen patents. From the Lemelson-MIT Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). LII Topics: Biography (Individuals), Inventions & Inventors, Inventors, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Technology Publisher: MIT School of Engineering, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (MIT) LII Database Information: Record 25814 created by Jennifer English on 03/31/2008 Last modification on 04/08/2008 Published: 04/17/2008 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25814 |
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