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We’re big fans of International Women’s Day here at Focus7, highlighting as it does the continual struggle to ensure that all people of the world benefit from a more equitable gender balance. Organisers will use the big day, March 9, as the springboard for a year of activity around the theme #BalanceforBetter.

Throughout history, women have been responsible for some of humanity’s most triumphant inventions and achievements, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, who were unafraid to ask questions and disregard the status quo. This International Women’s Day, discover the stories behind 4 surprising products you didn’t know were invented by women.