Sorry if the following offends: Please name one invention, technology or successful major program promulgated by a female. Ill wait.
Ada Lovelace - The first algorithm for a machine, programming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
Grace Hooper - Helped develop COBOL, Compilers, Debugging, Misc Computing stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
Eve- Made the first banana stand.
Not to minimize Lovelace’s achievements, but arguably, Heron of Alexandria beat her out by over 1700 years
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/07/programmable-robot-from-60ad.html