Mary Pamellia Carpenter Hooper
Personal Information
Born: 1840
Died: 1905
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Unknown
"None found"
— Mary Pamellia Carpenter Hooper
Professional Life
Field of Study: Inventor; Educator
Institution/Corporation: None found
Degrees & Memberships: None found
Awards & Achievements
Awards: None found
Achievements: between 1862 & 1894 took out 13 patents for things such as a self-threading & self-setting sewing machine needle, an improved mop wringer, a barrel painting machine, a grated shovel & a mosquito trap; founded two companies, the "Carpenter Sewing Machine Co." and the "Carpenter Straw Sewing Machine Co.";
little is know about her life outside of her prolific inventing career
lived in Buffalo NY with her parents & 6 siblings according to the 1855 census
1870-72 lived in San Francisco & worked as a teacher
her patents are under the following names: Mary P. Carpenter, Mary P.C. Hooper & M.P.C. Hooper
held 18 patents