Girls think of everything : stories of ingenious inventions by women / Catherine Thimmesh ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000Edition: New editionDescription: 57 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780618195633 (paperback)
- Stork, Anna -- Juvenile literature
- Anderson, Mary, 1866-1953 -- Juvenile literature
- Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014 -- Juvenile literature
- Hopper, Grace Murray -- Juvenile literature
- Knight, Margaret E., 1838-1914 -- Juvenile literature
- Bath, Patricia, 1942-2019 -- Juvenile literature
- Crews, Jeanne Lee, 1940- -- Juvenile literature
- Sherman, Patsy O'Connell, 1930-2008 -- Juvenile literature
- Moore, Ann, 1940- -- Juvenile literature
- Anderson, Mary, 1866-1953
- Hopper, Grace Murray
- Knight, Margaret E., 1838-1914
- Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014
- Women inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Inventions -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors
- Inventions
- Women -- Biography
- Inventions
- Inventors
- Women
- Women inventors
- United States
- 609.2520973 THI 23 013510
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Selected timeline on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-56) and index.
In the beginning -- Chocolate chip cookie: Ruth Wakefield -- LuminAID: Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta -- Windshield wipers: Mary Anderson -- Turning plastic into fuel: Azza Abdelhamid Faiad -- Kevlar: Stephanie Kwolek -- Hot seat: Alissa Chavez -- Computer compiler, Grace Murray Hopper -- ReThink, Trisha Prabhu -- Paper bag folding machine, Margaret E. Knight -- Laserphaco probe, Dr. Patricia Bath -- Space bumper, Jeanne Lee Crews -- Combating drought with orange peels: Kiara Nirghin -- Scotchgard: Patsy O. Sherman -- Snugli: Ann Moore -- Roominate: Alice Brooks and Bettina Chen -- Your turn.
Expanded and revised, this new edition of the best-selling book celebrates the ingenious inventions of women throughout time. As inspiring as they are fascinating, these stories empower readers to imagine, to question, to experiment, and then to go forth ... and invent.
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