Robinette Legal Group - March 2022

Robinette Legal Group - March 2022

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March 2022

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Jeffery L Robinette A bright spot during the winter doldrums is the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. As children, our main concern was to avoid being caught without the “wearing of the green” and earning ourselves a pinch from classmates. As adults, we can appreciate the true significance of the holiday that has been celebrated for over 1000 years in Ireland and over 400 years on our continent, beginning in St. Augustine when it was still a Spanish colony. Saint Patrick was born in Roman Britain and was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of 16. He later escaped but returned to Ireland and was credited with bringing Christianity to its people. In the centuries following Patrick’s death (believed to have been on March 17, 461), the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture: Perhaps the most well-known legend of St. Patrick is that he explained the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock. On St. Patrick’s day, we at the Robinette Legal Group also celebrate our firm’s anniversary of 23 years. We are so grateful for your trust and the opportunity to serve those who have endured life- changing injuries. Our greatest joy is seeing how the legal settlements gained make our clients’ lives easier and better in so many ways. So, we will leave you with this Irish blessing: “May God Bless your journey with peace and plenty” as we all move forward in 2022.

March 8 is International Women’s Day! I am grateful and honored to be surrounded by so many great women in my life. They have truly made me the person I am today. In honor of this special day, let’s take a look at some inventions that you may not know were created by women. See if you knew any of these impressive facts — I certainly didn’t until now! Computer Software Grace Hopper joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was assigned to work on the Mark 1, a new computer. In the 1950s, she was one of the pioneers of computer programming and was part of a team that created COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. Hopper drove huge scientific leaps forward to help us get the computer software that we use today. The Circular Saw Tabitha Babbitt was a weaver, and she suggested the idea that lumber workers use a circular saw rather than a pit saw. She created a prototype in 1803 and added the attachment to a spinning wheel. Legend has it that she got the idea for this saw after seeing two men struggling with a pit saw. Today, we consider this invention one of the most important creations in the lumber industry. Solar Houses Maria Telkes, a biophysicist, created the first solar house in 1947. With the help of an architect, Eleanor Raymond, they kept a house in Dover, Massachusetts, warm for three winters. Telkes captured sunlight with a double layer of glass and a black sheet of metal, then warm air was piped into the walls. She was THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OFWOMEN 6 Inventions Created to Their Credit

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given a grant from the Ford Foundation to create solar houses for people living in all latitudes. Today, we see many solar-paneled houses and businesses, and they continue to expand across the nation. The Dishwasher Josephine Cochrane invented the first automatic dishwasher that involved a motor turning the wheel inside a copper boiler. How did she come up with this ingenious invention? She wanted a machine that would relieve housewives of the duty of washing dishes after every meal. Cochrane’s invention has evolved into the dishwashers that most of us have in our homes today. Home Security Systems Marie Van Brittan Brown was a nurse who was often home alone at night. During the 1960s, there was a rise in the crime rate and a decrease in police responses, and she began to feel unsafe in her own home. With help from her husband, she created a camera powered by a motor that looked through the peepholes in her front door. The alarm was paired with a monitor in her bedroom and an alarm button. This simple, effective design has since been transformed into full home security products, like Ring cameras! Monopoly The game we all know and love was created by Elizabeth Magie in 1904. She was an inventor and stenographer who created this

game to educate people about monopolies, unchecked capitalism, and the negative effects of having vast sums of wealth. Monopoly was ranked as one of the best-selling games in 2020 and 2021, and to this day, Monopoly is still educating people. All of these inventions are items that most of us use every day in our daily lives. There are so many strong and powerful women in this world. On March 8, be sure to thank the women in your life for everything they have done and continue to do for you.

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