Brilliant Ideas from Wonderful Women: 15 Incredible Inventions from Inspiring Women!
No. of pages 32
Published: 2019
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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, Angela Ruiz Robles, each of the inspiring women in this book achieved their goal of leaving the world a better place than they found it.
This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .
Karen Kaufman Orloff is the author of nine books for children. Luciano Lozano has worked as a freelance illustrator for many years, creating art for newspapers and magazines. Aitziber Lopez grew up in Gipuzkoa, Spain. From a child, her ambition was to become a scientist, and she later graduated in Chemistry before starting her PhD research. This is her first book for children.