Marion Donovan demonstrates the "Boater," around 1950. Marion O'Brien Donovan Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History © Smithsonian Institution ...

Marion Donovan, a tired mother in 1946, defied domestic norms by creating a waterproof diaper cover from a shower curtain. This practical invention, the "Boater," revolutionized modern parenting by ...

A historical report on the history of diapering published by nonwoven product industrial group EDANA shows that diapering, which has been a problem experienced throughout human history, was quite ...

Marion Donovan, inventor of the first disposable diaper, told Barbara Walters that one simple question guided her work: "What do I think will help a lot of people and most certainly will help me?" The ...