{"podcast":{"title":"Math! Science! History!","slug":"math-science-history-7030423","podcast_index_feed_id":7030423,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/212183/rss","website_url":"https://www.mathsciencehistory.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/c/a/e/ccae28b91f9d78a416c3140a3186d450/2026-LOGO-Libsyn-20260213-qkld9f80hw.jpg","author":"Gabrielle Birchak","episode_count":220,"summary":"Why do some scientific breakthroughs look different up close than they do in our textbooks? How did math quietly shape the modern world? Math! Science! History! explores the human side of discovery, including the rivalries, the failed attempts, the bold ideas, and the marginalized voices behind the equations and experiments that changed science, technology, and everyday life. Hosted by Gabrielle Birchak, who holds degrees in mathematics and journalism, the show connects codebreaking, astronomy, probability, physics, and innovation to the world we live in today. If you enjoy science stories, historical investigations, and clear math grounded in context, clarity, and research, this show is for you. New episodes twice weekly. Visit www.MathScienceHistory.com for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T18:18:07.007353+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/math-science-history-7030423"},"episode":{"title":"Hidden Inventors: Black Women, Patents, and Lost Credit","slug":"hidden-inventors-black-women-patents-and-lost-credit","published_at":"2026-02-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/math-science-history-7030423/hidden-inventors-black-women-patents-and-lost-credit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/math-science-history-7030423","url":"https://mathsciencehistory.libsyn.com/hidden-inventors-black-women-patents-and-lost-credit","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/mathsciencehistory/MSH193_Black_Female_Inventors_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=1533227","summary":"In this episode of Math! Science! History! , Gabrielle Birchak traces the paper trails behind Black women inventors whose ideas reshaped ordinary life, from laundry tools and home design to security systems and medical devices. You will hear how patents, assignments, licensing, and missing records shaped who got credit and who got paid, and why some inventions became household standards while their inventors stayed unfamiliar. This story is about engineering, documentation, and what happens when innovation meets the economics of recognition. What You'll Learn in This Episode Follow the Paper Trail How patents and archives function as evidence , and why the existence of a patent does not guarantee wealth, credit, or commercialization. How ownership can shift through assignments and intermediaries , changing who controls the rights and who benefits financially. How inventions become \"invisible\" once they become normal , and how race and gender shaped which names survived in popular history. Five Resource Links 1. Smithsonian Lemelson Center, \"Who Invents and Who Gets the Credit?\" https://invention.si.edu/invention-stories/who-invents-and-who-gets-credit 2. National Archives DocsTeach, \"Sarah E. Goode's Folding Beds\" https://docsteach.org/document/sarah-e-goodes-folding-beds/ 3. USPTO, \"Sights on the Prize\" (Patricia Bath) https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/journeys-innovation/historical-stories/sights-prize 4. Lemelson-MIT, \"Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner\" https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/mary-beatrice-davidson-kenner 5. The Woman Inventor - https://archive.org/details/Womaninventor1Smit 🔗 Explore more on our website: mathsciencehistory.com 📚 To buy my book Hypatia: The Sum of Her Life on Amazon, visit https://a.co/d/g3OuP9h 🌍 Let's Connect! Bluesky: https://b…","meta_description":"In this episode of Math! Science! History! , Gabrielle Birchak traces the paper trails behind Black women inventors whose ideas reshaped ordinary life, fr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1367,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/math-science-history-7030423/episodes/hidden-inventors-black-women-patents-and-lost-credit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/math-science-history-7030423/hidden-inventors-black-women-patents-and-lost-credit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}