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Mary Brush

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Mary Brush (fl. 1815) of New York was an American inventor and one of the first American women to be granted a patent by the U.S. patent office. Her patent, granted on 21 July 1815, was for a corset.

References

  • Serial Set Vol. No. 207, Report H. Doc. 50 of 13 January 1831 at GenealogyBank.