https://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/May-5-TodayinCTHist-.mp3 Even though the U.S. Patent Act of 1790 allowed American citizens to apply for patents regardless of gender, women were discouraged from doing so due to local coverture laws that made it difficult, if not impossible, for a married woman to own property and titles independently of her husband. But today in 1809, nearly 19 years after America’s first patent was issu…
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