Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Received on time and no damage. Material seems fine too.

Delivery took long time also bit costly. Content is great expected more in price.

The introduction is good but the rest of the book. It is not worth the money. There are so many other amazing inventions done by women. The list of women mentioned in this book is not that great.

I read this book in combination with Rachel Ignotofsky's Women in Science, regretting that civilization has not as yet advanced a point when achievements no longer need be identified as gender-specific. Be that as it may, both books provide valuable information and insights about creative thinking.Catherine Thimmesh's coverage covers a timeframe from 3000 BC when fourteen-year-old Hsi-ling-shi develops a method of gathering and weaving silk until 1994 when eleven-year-old Alexia Arnold designs the Ooops! Proof No-Spill Feeding Bowl.In between, we learn about other women -- often teenage -- who come up with ideas that also illustrate the prescience of these comments by Francea Hodgson Burnett: "At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done -- then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago." I wish I had a dollar for every time I learned about the origin of a breakthrough idea and asked, "Why didn't I think of that?"Here are some other examples:o Ruth Wakefield: Toll House chocolate cookieso Mary Andersen: windshield wiperso Stephanie Kwolek: Kevlaro Bette Naismith Graham: Liquid Paper®o Patsy O. Shernan: Scotchgard™o Margaret E. Knight: paper bagso Becky Schroeder: the Glo-sheetMore often than not, someone becomes exasperated, asking "Why hasn't someone come up with a way -- or a better way -- to ...?" and then provides the answer. That's essentially what happened to several men: Spencer Silver (Post-it Notes), George de Mestral (Teflon), Wilbert and Robert Gore (Goretex) and lso what happened with many of the inventors that Catherine Thimmesh discusses in her book.She concludes, "Suppose you have an invention of your own. It's different, it's new, it's neat. Now what? Obtaining a patent may be an important first step." She then explains how to proceed, noting that obtaining a patent can be an extended and expensive process. "Not all inventions will benefit from having a patent." It makes sense to contact the U.S. Patent Office at its website and check out the resources available, then obtain legal counsel.As with Women in Science, this book challenges young women to "think of everything" that can be improved, or replaced by something else that is better. It also challenges others -- parents, other family members, friends, teachers, coaches, and clergy -- to support their efforts.

Purchased as a gift for my 5 year old daughter.GOOD: The book provides a chronological timeline of known inventions and their female inventors spanning from 3000BC to the 20th century. This timeline sandwiches the book's content. An introduction into the historical role of women in inventing is then presented as well as a history as to why women weren't credited with inventions subject to existing patent laws of the times. It also includes 3 additional female inventors within the Intro. The meat of the book presents individual female inventors and their stories through a sweet anecdote for each that describes the "necessity" and/or context that led to each individual's invention. The stories and descriptions are each generally 2-3 pages with colorful and vivid illustrations. While not extensive or exhaustive by any means it does provide insight into simple inventions like the paper grocery bag to the more complex of Kevlar. The book's intended audience are young girls. As such, not much life detail is provided about each "inventress" outside of the context of their invention. It easily serves as a jumping off pointing for exploring further and providing subject matter for potential research papers...etc..etc. Also provides a list of contact information for contests and organizations that encourage youth creativity.BAD: It's a small book that provides about 12 stories in total. Again, the personal life history of each is briefly touched on if at all.These are quick and easy stories to be read by parents without occasion.

I bought one for my 9 year old granddaughter and she is enjoying the learning of invention and innovations made by females. Good stuff. - - Grandpa.

I like the easy order process and to condition of the product and the price was perfect

The purple background on the cover combined with pink and white letters for the title are appealing, and the young woman with the ideas running through her head makes you want to turn to the next page. The chronological timeline is perhaps designed to stimulate readers to further research, because of course to write short stories about female inventors the book would have to be condensed. The introduction about Dr. Virginia Apgar and the "Newborn Scoring System" was a neat introduction, and what followed were a few short stories about woman and girls, some who invented chocolate chip cookies, and others who invented such things as windshield wipers, Scotchgard, and paper bags. And ultimately we end up with little Alexa and her "Opps! Proof, No-Spill Feeding Bowl." The book is short and the amount of pictures were appropriate since it was not a Graphic Novel where the emphasis is more on pictorial reading. In this case the book is designed for 11 or 12 years olds who may not have the attention span for a longer book, and the lack of pictures forces them to read short stories about female inventors. And it leaves them with a mystery question: "did Catherine Littlefield Greene really give Eli Whitney the idea for his Cotton Gin." If I were a middle-school teacher I would use it to introduce young people to the art of short story writing. Cheers!