Elizabeth J. Magie (pronounced Magee) was a writer, feminist, abolitionist and inventor. For centuries the game Monopoly has been credited to a man (lols!) but it was Lizzie who invented the game years earlier!
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Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Magie
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/11/secret-history-monopoly-capitalist-game-leftwing-origins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/11/ms-monopoly-female-inventor-lizzie-magie/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lizzie-G-Magie
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