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Biography =Stephanie Kwolek was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania on July 31 1923. Kwolek had been interested in science ever since she was a child. She went to a women's college which is now called the Carnegie Mellon University and earned a BS in chemistry(1948). She was going to attend medical school but lacking the funds for it she took the a position with DuPont's textile fibers laboratory in New York. She had difficulties getting accpted in the male research community.= =She specialized in low temperature testing polymers. In testing she had trouble with the polymers becoming ultra senstive and too easily went under hydrolisis and self polymerization. She discovered an solvent to slow down the process. The result of putting it in led to a cloudy substance. This substance was Kevlar, a fiber five times stronger than steel.= =It was first marketed in 1971 and is used in bullet proof vest that have saved thousands of lives. She retired from DuPont in 1986 and ended up a recipent and co-recipent of 17 US patents. She has a part time job at DuPont and helps young scientist especially woman. She got a bunch of awards such as the kilby award, medal of technology, and the most recent the 1999 lifetime acheivement award.= =Kwolek had been through many challenges from things in the lab to things in society. She has worked hard and made it to the top. She has passed great ordeals but still stayed focused. I look up to her as a role model. She is still living today at the age 88.= "Inventor Stephanie Kwolek." //The Great Idea Finder//. Web. 03 May 2012. []. "How Products Are Made." //Stephanie Louise Kwolek Biography (1923-)//. Web. 03 May 2012. []. "Inventor of the Week: Archive." //MIT//. Web. 03 May 2012. []. =**Economy**= =**DuPont coporation stated that each employee had a budget of $20,000 in 1927 used for pure reasearch and for discovering new scientific facts. Kwolek used her budget for the invention of Kevlar provided by the DuPont coporation. Kevlar was expensive back then and it is in modern day. Kevlar wasnt actually marketed until 1971 and didnt sell that much but did for military purposes. It wasnt thought to really improve the modern world.**= =**Stephanie Kwolek invention cost wasnt exactly identified as a certain number but it was determined it was in the range of $20,000. It was in cold temperature experimentation so it would be pretty high. The cost of bullet proof vest now is $490. It is expensive to most but it is something you can really benefit from.**= =**In the link below I compared the cost of kevlar to a person working everyday jobs. I used jobs such as being a doctor, a lawyer, and a veternian. Kevlar isn't exactly a thing that is used by it's own. It is a aramid fiber so it's used inside stuff.**= =**When I'm doing the graph it is compared to bullet proof vest but that's because kevlar is the thing that makes it bullet proof. The top graph is an estimation of what each occupation gets paid a month. The bottom graph is an estimation of what each occupation gets paid a week. I did completly different jobs to show how expensive for a bigger range of people.**= =**Kevlar is a product that u can really benefit from. You use it from helmets to bullet proof vests. If you think about it we use it more than we think. So before you say it's to expensive think how well you can benefit from it.**= How Much Money Does a Doctor Make Monthly?" //WikiAnswers//. Answers. Web. 10 May 2012. []. Weblog post. Web. [] Web. []. =Cultural=

=Stephanie Kwolek was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania in 1923. This was important because this was where it all started. She had always been interested in science since she was a kid. This was the birth of a dedicated woman.=

= = =Stephanie Kwolek attended a women's college which is now known as the Carnegie Mellon Univesity located in Pittsburg. Attending college was a big deal because women were not well respected. They were expected to be housewives at this point of time. She graduated with Chemistry degree in 1946.= = = =Kwolek in the same year (1946) got a job at DuPont. This is= important because this where she invents Kevlar. At this time world war two and they were laying people off. She didn't want to lose her job so she worked harder and got promoted = = = = =Kwolek invented kevlar in 1950 when trying to make experimention= == easier. Her invention changed peoples lives by making them more safe. Getting the patent is pretty much the same as today just quicker because of communication, an example of this is it didn't get patent until 1971. Everyone really like this invention and no one was resisting it. =Kwolek decided to retire at the age 63 in the year 1986. In the end she ended to be recipient and co recipient of 17 patents. She has a part time job of being mentor to young scientist. Most of them are young woman.= = = =Kwolek recieved man awards for her work in the lab. This awards include the Kilby, National Medal of Technology. The most recent one was the 1999 lifetime achievement award. She is still living at the age 88.=

"Inventor Stephanie Kwolek." //The Great Idea Finder//. Web. 03 May 2012. []. "How Products Are Made." //Stephanie Louise Kwolek Biography (1923-)//. Web. 03 May 2012. []. "Inventor of the Week: Archive." //MIT//. Web. 03 May 2012. [].