Women inventors
By: Shaina Indovino
Series: Major women in science; Major women in science
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781422229323; 9781422229231; 9781422289013
Subjects: Women; Inventions; History; Juvenile literature; Biography; Women inventors
Description: Profiles such famous women inventors as Margaret Knight, Stephanie Kwolek, and Patsy Sherman.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index.

Grade 7 to 8.
Table of contents: title: What Does It Take to Be an Inventor?; title: Amanda Theodosia Jones : better ways to preserve food; title: Margaret Knight : paperbag inventor; title: Mary Anderson : winshield wiper inventor; title: Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown : Nystatin inventors; title: Stephanie Kwolek : inventor of body armor; title: Edith Flanigen : new uses for Zeolites; title: Patsy Sherman : inventor of Scotchgard®; title: Opportunities Today for Women Inventors.