Mary P. Carpenter

Mary P. Carpenter
Bornc. 1840
Diedc. 1905
NationalityAmerican
OccupationInventor

Mary P. Carpenter or Mary P.C. Hooper (c.1840 – c.1905) was an American inventor from Buffalo, New York credited with seventeen patents over her lifetime. She also founded two companies, the "Carpenter Sewing Machine Co." and the "Carpenter Straw Sewing Machine Co.".