Amye Everard Ball was the first woman in England to be granted a patent.[1] Her patent for tincture of saffron was registered in 1637, merely 76 years after Elizabeth I had awarded the first patent. The original patent registration is held at the British Library.[2][3]
References
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- ^ Jaffe, Deborah (2003). Ingenious Women. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0750930314.
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