WorldCat Identity is exactly "<a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/np-blanchard,%20helen%20augusta/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blanchard, Helen Augusta</a>"
Inventor Helen Augusta Blanchard was born in Portland, Maine on October 25, 1840. She was the daughter of a wealthy shipowner and businessman. When her father's business failed and he eventually died in 1866, Helen took to patent development and…