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Brilliant Ideas from Wonderful Women: 15 Incredible Inventions from Inspiring Women!
Brilliant Ideas from Wonderful Women: 15 Incredible Inventions from Inspiring Women! | Aitziber Lopez
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Discover the stories behind 15 of the twentieth century's key inventions in this fun and informative treasury of trailblazing women, who each made a unique contribution to the history of science and technology. Car heaters...Monopoly...Disposable diapers...The dishwasher...Kevlar...Maritime flares... Anti-reflective glass...Wifi...Syringes...Submarine periscopes...Diagnostic tests...Lifeboats...Windshield wipers...Ebooks...What do each of these revolutionary inventions have in common? They were all pioneered by women! Each brilliant idea is presented with biographical information about the brilliant woman who came up with it, including what inspired them. Learn how Martha Coston disguised herself as a man to contact pyrotechnicians and convince them to manufacture her idea for maritime flares, how a New York tram ride on a wet winter's day led Mary Anderson to invent the windshield wiper, and why Letitia Mumford Geer's one-hand operated syringe was a medical breakthrough, among other fascinating facts. Full-page illustrations show the inspiration for and use of these incredible inventions in humorous detail. From lifeboat-inventor, Maria Beasley, to the grandmother of the ebook, ngela Ruiz Robles, each of the inspiring women in this book achieved their goal of leaving the world a better place than they found it.
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Abe
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Great children‘s book about the inventions created by women! My personal favorite invention is the e-book.

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LibrarianRyan
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Did you know the idea for the Monopoly board game came from a woman? Neither did I. Elizabeth Magie Phillips is just on woman in the pages of this book. How about protecting our “boys in blue”, yep thinks to a female scientist and her invention of Kevlar. Overall, i love this book and can not wait to add it to the collection. However my copy was a gally and has quite a few mistakes and dropped lines.

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batsy
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Read the ARC thanks to #netgalley & found it absolutely delightful. The stories of women & their inventions are kept simple, but I found them very inspiring—I love how the cumulative effect for young minds is the feeling that anyone can get out there & create something life-changing. It'll be great for parents to read with their kids & dream up their own inventions. Bonus: the artwork is colourful & beautiful, as above, with a dash of humour.

julesG Read this yesterday. Very interesting inventions. My only pet peeve, it only has women from the US. 5y
batsy @julesG Yes, it would be great if they could follow this up with a more inclusive and geographically-diverse book. 5y
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