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"The inspiring stories of female inventors in this book take readers on a . . . journey through the process of inventing." -- Learning
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These inspiring stories of women inventors take the reader on a step-by-step journey through the process of inventing. Women inventors whose ideas have made work easier include Sybilla Masters, who gained an English patent in 1715 for a mill to grind corn, and Josephine Cochran of Illinois who invented the dishwashing machine in 1886.
"The inspiring stories of female inventors in this book take readers on a . . . journey through the process of inventing." -- Learning
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These inspiring stories of women inventors take the reader on a step-by-step journey through the process of inventing. Women inventors whose ideas have made work easier include Sybilla Masters, who gained an English patent in 1715 for a mill to grind corn, and Josephine Cochran of Illinois who invented the dishwashing machine in 1886.
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New York, United States, Invention Convention, Liquid Paper, African American, Madam Walker, Monta Lea, Ann Moore, New Hampshire, World War, National Inventors Hall of Fame, New Jersey, Inventure Place, Silver Burdett, Glo Sheet, Mary Nolan, Patent Number, The Bug House, Margaret Knight, North Carolina, Quatro Rojo, Bette Graham, Lydia O'Leary, Marjorie Joyner, Martha Coston New!
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New York, United States, Invention Convention, Liquid Paper, African American, Madam Walker, Monta Lea, Ann Moore, New Hampshire, World War, National Inventors Hall of Fame, New Jersey, Inventure Place, Silver Burdett, Glo Sheet, Mary Nolan, Patent Number, The Bug House, Margaret Knight, North Carolina, Quatro Rojo, Bette Graham, Lydia O'Leary, Marjorie Joyner, Martha Coston New!
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- WHAT A GREAT IDEA by Charles Chic Thompson on page 115
- Outer Space (Funfax) by Fun Fax on page 114
- The Way Things Work by David Macaulay on page 114
- How to be an inventor by Harvey Weiss on page 115
- Girls and Young Women Inventing: Twenty True Stories by Frances A. Karnes on page 114
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- Young Women of Achievement: A Resource for Girls in Science, Math, and Technology by Frances A. Karnes on page 236
- Queen Of Inventions: How The Sewing Machine Changed the World by Laurie Carlson in Back Matter
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