Kate Duval Hughes
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BornJune 15, 1837
Occupation(s)Author, inventor
KnownforInventions and children's books
Kate Duval Hughes | |
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.jpg) Hughes, circa mid-late 1800s | |
| Born | June 15, 1837 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, inventor |
| Known for | Inventions and children's books |
Kate Duval Hughes (born June 15, 1837) was an American author and inventor of two window-sash-security devices.
Hughes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 15, 1837.[1] Her father, French-born Peter Stephen Duval, owned a large lithographic firm in Philadelphia. Her brother was Stephen C. Duval.[2]
She married, but the marriage ended in divorce. At the same, the family fortune was lost. She then spent several years in Europe before moving to Washington, D. C. where she took a job with a federal agency.[1] She never remarried and instead concentrated on her career, her inventions and her writing.
