I got a partial list of this in an email one time and it was neat so I looked up some more of them... I think I remember bulletproof vests being on the email but I didn't see it in the websites I found. *shrugs*

 

Car heater

Circular saw

COBOL

Cooking stove

Drinking fountain device

Engine muffler

Fire escape

Globes

Kevlar

Life raft

Liquid paper correction fluid

Medical syringe

Fridge

Windshield wiper

Disposabal diaper

 

 

Tons more on these websites.. the last one has links to tell you more about the individuals.

 

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768070.html

 

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0906931.html

 

http://inventors.about.com/od/womeninventors/Women_Inventors.htm

cool, I had no idea! Figures we'd invent the fridge, dunnit? Men would never come up with something like that. *snickers*