Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Brilliant Ideas from Wonderful Women by Aitziber Lopez illustrated by Luciano Lozano

Subtitle: 15 incredible inventions from inspiring women!

This book was published in 2018 but it is still available. I suggest you act quickly - this is a one of those books that should be added to your school library.

I feel as though I have been hunting for this book (or a book just like it) for a few years. Back in 2022 a box of brand-new donated books arrived in the library where I volunteer at Westmead Children's Hospital here in Sydney, Australia. Among the treasures was a book about women and their amazing inventions. I read it and was amazed especially about windscreen wipers and syringes.  The book I have been looking for is not this book but this one that I found in a library - Brilliant Ideas from Wonderful Women - is just as good. The one that came in the donation box simply disappeared. I am not in charge of the collection or of decisions about which books we accession but I have often wondered what happened to that book I saw back in 2022.

Did you know a woman invented:

  • Car heaters 1893 
  • Monopoly 1904 
  • Disposable diapers 1951 
  • The dishwasher 1886
  • Kevlar 1965 
  • Maritime flares 1859
  • Anti-reflective glass 1940
  • Wifi 1942
  • Syringes 1899
  • Submarine periscopes 1945
  • Diagnostic tests 1959
  • Lifeboats 1882
  • Windshield wipers 1903
  • ebooks 1949


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