Mary Anderson, inventor of the windshield wiper. A sleeper hit Given the success of Anderson’s patent and the ubiquitous nature of windshield wipers today, one can imagine that the invention ...

Mary Anderson, born in Greene County, patented her design in 1903. Skip to Article. ... Alabama inventor of windshield wiper never made a dime. Updated: Oct. 30, 2019, 10:36 a.m.

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 ...

Alabama Woman Stuck In NYC Traffic In 1902 Invented The Windshield Wiper Entrepreneur Mary Anderson thought it made no sense that New York streetcar drivers had to keep jumping off to clean snow ...

Mary Anderson of Birmingham, Ala., is granted Patent No. 743,801 on Nov 10, 1903, ... Mary Anderson awarded patent for windshield wiper. November 10, 2020 12:13 PM. Tweet Share ...

Entrepreneur Mary Anderson thought it made no sense that New York streetcar drivers had to keep jumping off to clean snow ... Alabama Woman Stuck In NYC Traffic In 1902 Invented The Windshield Wiper.

Entrepreneur Mary Anderson thought it made no sense that New York streetcar drivers had to keep jumping off to clean snow from the windshield. She soon won a patent for her "window cleaning device." ...

It may seem hard to imagine a world without windshield wipers, but there was one, and Mary Anderson lived in that world. In 1902, Anderson was visiting New York City.