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Anna Baldwin
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American dairy farmer and inventor from Newark, New Jersey, who patented one of the earliest powered milking devices, though it did not reach commercial success in her lifetime.
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Defining ContributionPatented the Hygienic Glove Milker on 18 February 1879, a vacuum-suction device drawing milk from all four teats at once; filed five dairy-equipment patents between 1860 and the late 1870s, though her machine was not commercially successful. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Baldwin patented the earliest known powered milking device in the US in 1879; the first commercially successful machines followed roughly a decade later (Murchland, 1889; de Laval-line designs after).
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