Meet the American who invented windshield wipers, Mary Anderson, Alabama entrepreneur
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Mary Anderson was born in Alabama months after the tragedy of the Civil War. She helped her state rebuild, then went on to create windshield wipers — long before auto titans realized the potential.
"She didn't have a father; she didn't have a husband, and she didn't have a son." "She noticed that the motorman operating the streetcar was shivering … He was constantly having to slide open the middle pane so he could wipe off the glass." Anderson "was teased and laughed at by many people because of her idea for the windshield wipers." "Windshield wipers clapping time/I was holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine." — "Me and Bobby McGee" Windshield wipers are so essential to modern life we don't even notice them — unless they're used as a giant paper-clip for parking tickets. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
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