Marion Donovan was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1917. Marion Donovan spent most of her time growing up around the manufactoring plant run by her father and uncle. Marion Donovan graduated Rosemont College in 1939 near Philadelphia, Marion Donovan decided to invent the waterproof diaper is when she struggled to keep changing her kids diapers because their not waterproof. Marion Donovan's waterproof invention helped society because parents didn't have to worry anymore about their children wetting their diapers and having to keep changing them.