(Follow for more daily history facts!)... In 1715, a colonial American woman's invention was so revolutionary, the law required her to patent it under her husband's name. Her name was Sybilla Masters, a Quaker housewife from Philadelphia with a brilliant mind for mechanics. She watched Native American women pound corn and was inspired to create a machine to do the job automatically, saving countless hours of manual labor for colonial women. 🌽 Her invention was a powerful mill that used heavy, h