Women Invent: Two Centuries of Discoveries that Have Shaped Our WorldThese 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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Acknowledgments | 1630 |
Necessity Calls 1 | 1672 |
Accidents Happen 19 | 1696 |
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Women Invent!: Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World Susan Casey Limited preview - 1997 |
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