MARION O'BRIEN DONOVAN WAS A TWENTIETH-CENTURY INVENTOR FOR EVERY DAY LIFE. By dmoon Oct 15, 1917 MARION O'BRIEN DONOVAN WAS BORN OCT. 15, 1917 Period: Oct 17, 1917 to Nov 4, 1998 LIFE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MARION O'BRIEN DONOVAN Nov 3, 1939 IN 1939 M. DONOVAN EARNED A BACHELOR DEGREE Nov 3, 1942 MARRIED JAMES DONOVAN LEATHER INVENTOR Feb 4, 1946 BECAME A MOTHER TO TWO CHILDREN Aug 7, 1946 DESIGNED A WATERPROOF DIAPER COVER. Dec 3, 1946 THE 'BOATER' THE FIRST DISPOSABLE DIAPER Mar 2, 1949 WATERPROOF DIAPER COVER INVENTION SOLD Oct 21, 1950 MARION DONOVAN SOLD HER DIAPER INVENTION Sep 4, 1951 MARION D. SOLD HER DONOVAN ENTERPRISE TO KEKO CORP. Sep 7, 1951 MARION ALSO SOLD HER 'NAPPY PATENTS KIDS CLOTHING MANF. Nov 3, 1951 MARION DONOVAN RECIEVED 4 PATENTS Aug 8, 1958 WAS ONE OF THE ONLY THREE WOMEN IN HER GRADUATING CLASS Nov 3, 1958 M.D. EARNED A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE Sep 7, 1961 VICTOR MILL CORP.-CREATED PAMPERS DIAPERS FROM MARON DONOVAN INVENTION Nov 5, 1975 INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA WALTERS ON HER SUCCESS Mar 7, 1980 DESIGNED HER OWN HOUSE IN GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT Mar 20, 1981 MARION DONOVAN DESIGNED HER OWN HOUSE. Sep 25, 1985 MARION CONOVAN INVENTED DENTAL FLOSS Jan 5, 1996 FROM 1951 TO 1996 SHE RECIEVED 20 PATENTS Nov 4, 1998 MARION O'BRIEN DONOVAN DIED AT 81 YEARS OLD IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK Nov 8, 1998 WORKED FOR JOHN HANCOCK INS. FOR 26 YRS.