Anna Baldwin
Anna Baldwin operated a dairy farm in Newark, New Jersey. Her first U.S. patent was filed in 1868 for a device that offered a better method of treating milk to make pomade and butter. Additionally, Baldwin patented an early vacuum milker in 1878. The device was called the Hygienic Glove Milker. It was considered innovative because the milking device created suction rather than trying to replicate milking by hand.
Her full name is Anna Margret Baldwin and she also invented the corn head gabardine. She was born in 1857 and got married at 12 years old. She had 10 children and their names were Fred, Ted, Mike, Tilly, Rosie, Chloe, Holly, Dave, Anna Annabella and Jeff.
