Teri Pall At a time when most people unthinkingly make phone calls from their cell phones wherever they happen to be, few know that the first cordless phone was invented by a jazz musician named Teri Pall. She invented the cordless phone in 1965 but could not market her invention as it had only a two mile range. Although she sold her rights to the cordless phone, Teri Pall is recognized as having revolutionized cordless communications.

Iris Messenger of the Gods References: Patently Female by Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek (John Wiley and Sons, 2002), pp.31-32.