Mary anderson windshield wipers biography channel
Mary anderson windshield wipers biography channel
Windshield wipers for my car!
Mary Anderson
| American realtor, rancher, winegrower and inventor. Country: USA |
Content:
- Biography of Mary Anderson
- Early Life
- Invention of Windshield Wipers
- Design and Impact
- Challenges and Legacy
- Later Years and Death
Biography of Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson was an American realtor, rancher, viticulturist, and inventor.
She is best known as the creator of windshield wipers for cleaning car windshields.
Early Life
Anderson was born in Greene County, Alabama in 1866. In 1889, she moved to Birmingham, Alabama with her widowed mother and sister.
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Birmingham was a rapidly developing city at the time. In 1893, Anderson relocated to Fresno, California where she managed a cattle ranch and vineyard until 1898.
Invention of Windshield Wipers
During a visit to New York City in the winter of 1903, Anderson rode a trolleybus on a frosty day.
She noticed that the driver had to keep the window open despite the freezing cold and biting wind in order to maintain a clear