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<p><b>Patsy O’Connell Sherman</b> (* <a href="15._September" title="15. September">15. September</a> <a href="1930" title="1930">1930</a> in <a href="Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>; † <a href="11._Februar" title="11. Februar">11. Februar</a> <a href="2008" title="2008">2008</a> ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Chemikerin und Erfinderin.
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<p>Bis 1948 besuchte Patsy Sherman eine High School in Minneapolis und studierte anschließend am <i>Gustavus Adolphus College</i> in <a href="St._Peter_(Minnesota)" title="St. Peter (Minnesota)">St. Peter</a>, Minnesota, wo sie 1952 als erste Frau den Bachelor-Grad in Chemie und Mathematik erwarb. Nach dem Studium erhielt sie zunächst eine befristete Anstellung bei dem Technologie-Unternehmen <a href="3M" title="3M">3M</a>. Sie blieb in dem Unternehmen bis zu ihrem Eintritt in den Ruhestand im Jahr 1992.
</p><p>Sie forschte bei 3M vor allem zur Fluorchemie und wirkte an 16 Patentanmeldungen mit. 1953 entdeckten sie und <a href="Samuel_Smith_(Chemiker)" title="Samuel Smith (Chemiker)">Samuel Smith</a> zufällig die Reinigungswirkung eines auf der <a href="Perfluoroctansulfons%C3%A4ure" title="Perfluoroctansulfonsäure">Perfluoroctansulfonsäure</a> basierenden <a href="Fluorpolymere" title="Fluorpolymere">Fluorpolymers</a>. Bis 1956 entwickelten sie Perfluoroctansulfonat bis zur Produktreife. In der Folgezeit wurde bei 3M unter dem Markennamen <i>Scotchgard</i> eine ganze Produktlinie von Imprägnierungsmaterialien entwickelt.
</p><p>1989 wurde sie als erste Frau in die Minnesota Hall of Fame<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> aufgenommen und 2001 zusammen mit Samuel Smith in die <a href="National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Inventors Hall of Fame">National Inventors Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.msthalloffame.org/patsy_sherman.htm"><i>Patsy O’Connell Sherman: How she has transformed the scene.</i></a> Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 14. Februar 2018</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APatsy+O%E2%80%99Connell+Sherman&rft.title=Patsy+O%E2%80%99Connell+Sherman%3A+How+she+has+transformed+the+scene&rft.description=Patsy+O%E2%80%99Connell+Sherman%3A+How+she+has+transformed+the+scene&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msthalloffame.org%2Fpatsy_sherman.htm&rft.publisher=Minnesota+Science+and+Technology+Hall+of+Fame&rft.language=en"> </span></li>
<li>Edmund L. Andrews: <cite style="font-style:italic">Patents; New Exhibit Shows History of Women Inventors</cite>. In: <cite style="font-style:italic">New York Times</cite>. 20. Januar, 1990 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/20/business/patents-new-exhibit-shows-history-of-women-inventors.html">online</a> [abgerufen am 14. Februar 2018]).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Patsy+O%E2%80%99Connell+Sherman&rft.atitle=Patents%3B+New+Exhibit+Shows+History+of+Women+Inventors&rft.au=Edmund+L.+Andrews&rft.date=1990&rft.genre=journal&rft.issue=20.+Januar&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times" style="display:none"> </span></li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Patsy_O%27Connell_Sherman?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Patsy O’Connell Sherman</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.birdaviationmuseum.com/inventors.htm">Eintrag</a> beim Bird Aviation Museum & Invention Center</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.twincities.com/2008/02/12/3m-scientist-patsy-sherman-who-had-role-in-scotchgards-invention-dies-at-77/">Nachruf</a> bei TwinCities.com</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.minnesotainventors.org/inductees/patsy-o-sherman.html"><i>Patsy O. Sherman – 1989 inductee.</i></a> Minnesota Hall of Fame: Inductees,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 14. Februar 2018</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APatsy+O%E2%80%99Connell+Sherman&rft.title=Patsy+O.+Sherman+%E2%80%93+1989+inductee&rft.description=Patsy+O.+Sherman+%E2%80%93+1989+inductee&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.minnesotainventors.org%2Finductees%2Fpatsy-o-sherman.html&rft.publisher=Minnesota+Hall+of+Fame%3A+Inductees&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.invent.org/3m/"><i>Inventors: 3M.</i></a> National Inventors Hall of Fame,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 14. Februar 2018</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3APatsy+O%E2%80%99Connell+Sherman&rft.title=Inventors%3A+3M&rft.description=Inventors%3A+3M&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.invent.org%2F3m%2F&rft.publisher=National+Inventors+Hall+of+Fame"> </span></span>
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