Harriet Tracy

Harriet Tracy

American inventor (1834–1918)

📍 Charleston, South Carolina USA

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Harriet Ruth Brisbane Tracy (1834–1918) was an American inventor who is credited to have received 27 patents from 1868 to 1915. These patents were in a multitude of fields such as elevators, sewing machines, and crib attachments. Of the 27 patents, six were for elevators and seventeen were for sewing machines. Ten of these patents came during a very productive period from 1890 to 1893. Of her inventions, the most renowned was her Tracy Gravity Safety Elevator. This system was designed to address the pain point of inefficiencies and frequent accidents in elevator systems at the time. This innov

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