Marion Donovon, inventor of the disposable diaper
Marion Donovan was a young mother in the post-war baby boom era. She came from a family of inventors and inherited the inventing 'gene'. Unhappy with leaky, cloth diapers that had to be washed, she first invented the 'Boater', a plastic covering for cloth diapers. Donovan made her first Boater using a shower curtain. A year later she carried her ideas further. Using disposable absorbent material and combining it with her Boater design, Donovan created the first convenient disposable diaper. Manufacturers thought her product would be too expansive to produce. Donovan, left unable to sell or license her diaper patent, went into business for herself.
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