The automotive industry has been male-dominated since time immemorial. Men founded most, if not all, car companies and created the cars, too. But some vital contributions and innovations are actually ...

American real estate developer, rancher and inventor of the first practical windshield wiper Mary Anderson poses for a portrait circa 1900. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)(Getty ...

An Alabama belle named Mary Anderson patented windshield wipers – here’s how she broke glass barriers in business Mary Anderson, born in in the aftermath of the Civil War, devised a way to make travel ...