It’s a small yet very important safety mechanism that you might take for granted when it’s not raining or snowing, but the windshield wiper plays an essential role in driver visibility and sadly many people don’t know the story of the woman who invented it. Though we imagine no one would want to go without windshield wipers today, Mary Anderson’s contribution to the auto industry has largely gone unnoticed and without credit for over a century, and we’d like to change that right here, right now.