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Girls think of everything : stories of ingenious inventions by women

Thimmesh, Catherine (author.). Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (illustrator.).

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 06181956637
  • ISBN: 0395937442
  • ISBN: 1328772535
  • ISBN: 9781328772534
  • Physical Description: 106 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: New edition.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Selected timeline on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-99) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Subject: Stork, Anna
Anderson, Mary 1866-1953
Kwolek, Stephanie 1923-2014
Hopper, Grace Murray
Knight, Margaret E 1838-1914
Bath, Patricia 1942-
Crews, Jeanne Lee 1940-
Sherman, Patsy O'Connell 1930-2008
Moore, Ann 1940-
Women inventors United States Biography
Inventions United States History
Women Biography
Inventors United States Biography

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch J 609.22 Thim (Text) 33126022785897 JNonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch J 609.22 Thim (Text) 33126022785905 JNonfiction Available -
Independence Branch J 609.22 Thim (Text) 33126022785913 JNonfiction Available -

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