1938, inventor of the recipe for Toll House Chocolate Crunch cookies, the original chocolate chip cookie
She & her husband Kenneth ran the Tollhouse Inn in Massachusetts; she did all the cooking
Gave Nestle the rights to print her recipe on their chocolate wrappers in exchange for $1 & a lifetime supply of all the chocolate she could use; she also had a consulting deal with them to work on additional recipes
Toll House cookies were included in care packages for soldiers in WWII
Born: 1903
Country: USA
Education: Framingham State Normal School of Household Arts (now Framingham State College) 1924 degree in Household Arts
Held 12 patents including: rail car heater design, baking pans, hot water house heater, stove, dough mixer, radiator, & combined clothes & dish washer
Women couldn't hold patents in their own name until 1893 in the US; her earlier patents were in her husband's name until he died in 1883; all patents in his name were unsuccessful
1892, founded Wilcox Company to market her inventions
1929, Ford implemented a heating system in their Model As based on her original design
1930, GM began installing heating systems in their cars for an additional fee; also in the 1930s, Nash used heating & air conditioning systems based on her original designs
