Windshield Wipers

Mary Anderson Born

Feb 19, 1866

Mary Anderson was born in Greene County, Alabama

Moved to Birmingham

Apr 15, 1889

Mary Anderson and her family moved to Birmingham, Alabama

Moved Again

Aug 18, 1893

Mary Anderson and her family moved to Fresno, California

Worked on a cattle ranch

Jun 23, 1898

Mary operated a cattle ranch and vineyard from 1893 to 1898

Windshield wipers invented in California

Nov 10, 1903

They are used to wide off rain or snow off the windshield, worked using a hand held lever

Windshield wiper blades

Nov 10, 1903

They were invented along side the wipers. They are a smooth surface on the wiper so that the windshield wiper does not scratch the windshield. It wipes the precipitation off.

Windshield Wiper Patent

Dec 1, 1903

Windshield wipers had a patent from 1903-1920

Husband's Death

Sep 2, 1910

He died from 1 gunshot in the back and 3 in the rear-end

Windshield Wiper Patent Ends

Sep 1, 1920

Manufacturers began using the windshield wipers and Mary Anderson stopped being paid for them.

Automatic windshield wipers

Jul 6, 1921

Windshield wipers were upgraded to work automatically

Death of Mary Anderson

Jul 27, 1953

Mary Anderson died at the age of 87

Vehicles have windshield wipers

Dec 1, 1964

Almost all vehicles are manufactured with automatic windshield wipers. FUN FACT: Even space shuttles have windshield wipers