Vesta Stoudt

Inventor

Birthday April 13, 1891

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Illinois

Age 132 years old

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About

Best recognized for being a factory worker during the Second World War famous for her letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested the use of adhesive tape to improve ammunition boxes and inventing the duct tape.   

Before Fame

She came up with the idea in February 1943. 

Trivia

She received the Chicago Tribune's War Worker Award for her idea and was credited by Johnson and Johnson for the invention of duct tape.  

Family Life

She was the daughter of Gertrude Caroline and Ulyses Simpson Grant Wildman. She was one of five sisters. She and her husband ​​Harry Issac Stoudt had eight children.   

Associated With

She and Patricia Bath are both women that were inventors from the United States.