<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kies" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mary Kies">Mary Kies</a> becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Patent">patent</a>, for a technique of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Weaving">weaving</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Straw">straw</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Silk">silk</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yarn">thread</a>.