Marvelous Mattie

2013-10-08 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Emily Arnold McCully
Release : 2013-10-08
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 097/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Marvelous Mattie by : Emily Arnold McCully

Download or read book Marvelous Mattie written by Emily Arnold McCully. This book was released on 2013-10-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her sketchbook labeled My Inventions and her father's toolbox, Mattie could make almost anything – toys, sleds, and a foot warmer. When she was just twelve years old, Mattie designed a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off textile looms and injuring workers. As an adult, Mattie invented the machine that makes the square-bottom paper bags we still use today. However, in court, a man claimed the invention was his, stating that she "could not possibly understand the mechanical complexities." Marvelous Mattie proved him wrong, and over the course of her life earned the title of "the Lady Edison." With charming pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations, this introduction to one of the most prolific female inventors will leave readers inspired. Marvelous Mattie is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Margaret Knight

2001 Children as inventors

Author : Marlene Targ Brill
Release : 2001
Genre : Children as inventors
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 562/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Margaret Knight by : Marlene Targ Brill

Download or read book Margaret Knight written by Marlene Targ Brill. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how Mattie Knight developed her first invention, a stop-motion device to make looms safer for workers.

In the Bag!

2013-08-06 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Monica Kulling
Release : 2013-08-06
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 150/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis In the Bag! by : Monica Kulling

Download or read book In the Bag! written by Monica Kulling. This book was released on 2013-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tundra's Great Idea Series are early-reader biographies. The third book in the series introduces the fascinating Margaret Knight. Known as Mattie, she was different from most American girls living in 1850. She loved to make things with wood and made the best kites and sleds in town. Her father died when she was only three and by the time she was twelve she was working at the local cotton mill, alongside her two older brothers. One day she saw a worker get injured by a shuttle which had come loose from the giant loom, and the accident inspired her to invent a stop-motion device. It was to be the first of her many inventions. Margaret devoted her life to inventing, and is best known for the clever, practical, paper bag. When she died in 1914 she had ninety inventions to her name and over twenty patents, astounding accomplishments for a woman of her day. Monica Kulling deftly uses easy-to-read language and lots of dialogue to bring an amazing, inspiring woman to life.

Knight of Desire

2009-07-01 Fiction

Author : Margaret Mallory
Release : 2009-07-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 350/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Knight of Desire written by Margaret Mallory. This book was released on 2009-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearless in Battle His surcoat still bloody from battle, William FitzAlan comes to claim the strategic borderlands granted to him by the king. One last prize awaits him at the castle gates: the lovely Lady Catherine Rayburn. TENDER IN BED Catherine risked everything to spy for the crown. Her reward? Her lands are declared forfeit and she is given this choice: marry FitzAlan or be taken to the Tower. Catherine agrees to give her handsome new husband her body, but she's keeping secrets, and dare not give him her heart. As passion ignites and danger closes in, Catherine and William must learn to trust in each other to save their marriage, their land, and their very lives. KNIGHT OF DESIRE

Wonder Women

2016-10-04 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Sam Maggs
Release : 2016-10-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 264/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Wonder Women written by Sam Maggs. This book was released on 2016-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and feminist celebration of the forgotten women in science, technology, and beyond—from the bestselling author of The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy. You may think you know women’s history pretty well. But have you ever heard of: • Alice Ball, the chemist who developed an effective treatment for leprosy—only to have the credit taken by a man? • Mary Sherman Morgan, the rocket scientist whose liquid fuel compounds blasted the first U.S. satellite into orbit? • Huang Daopo, the inventor whose weaving technology revolutionized textile production in China—centuries before the cotton gin? Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Plus, interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations—all to show the many ways the geeky girls of today can help to build the future. Table of Contents: Women of Science Women of Medicine Women of Espionage Women of Innovation Women of Adventure

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