Girls think of everything
Subtitle: stories of ingenious inventions by women
By: Catherine Thimmesh ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Contributors: Sweet, Melissa, 1956- ill
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
ISBN-13: 9780395937440; 9780613606769; 9780618195633
Subjects: Inventors; History; Inventions; Women; Juvenile literature; Biography; Women inventors
Description: Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-56) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ruth Wakefield: chocolate chip cookies; title: Mary Anderson: windshield wipers; title: Stephanie Kwolek: Kevlar®; title: Bette Nesmith Graham: Liquid paper ®; title: Patsy O. Sherman: Scotchgard®; title: Ann Moore: Snugli®; title: Grace Murray Hopper: computer compiler; title: Margaret E. Knight: paper bags; title: Jeanne Lee Crews: space bumper; title: Valerie L. Thomas: illusion transmitter; title: Alexia Abernathy: no-spill feeding bowl.