Inventor's name: Sally Fox

Date of birth: December 30th, 1955 in Palo Alto, California

Date of death: Still living

Invention: Invented new kind of cotton that is better for the environment.

Interesting Facts: Sally became interested in fibers when she was young and her mother always brought her to stores looking for fabric. She became interested in spinning fabric when she was 12. When she was 27 she was working for a man who had cotton seeds whose lint was brown. She didn't like the color of them and they were really hard to spin. She asked him if they could improve the fiber through the breeding program. He handed her the bag and said, "Why don't you do it yourself?" She is now 45 and still breeding it on her own farm. Sally has founded two companies-Natural Cotton Colours Inc. and Vreseis Limited. She is excepting her first kid in April and was recently married. She is taking a year off from work to look after her child without the pressures of physical work.