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Article: The Mother of Invention.
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- Peace and Freedom
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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Did you ever wonder what Liquid-Paper, windshield wipers and voice-controlled wheelchairs have in common? The answer is they were all invented by women!
In her new book, Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000, Catherine Thimmesh describes the way in which women have come to gain recognition (and patents) for their unique innovations. Thimmesh provides a timeline of women's inventions, beginning in the year 3000 B.C, with a method of gathering silk discovered by a 14-year-old Chinese empress. She takes us all the way into the '90s with a spill-proof feeding bowl. In between, we find out about every thing ...