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• Wonder Women

  25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History

  Maggs, Sam,

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  Explore the stories of these brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors.

• Girls Think of Everything

  Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

  Thimmesh, Catherine

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  Get inspired by the stories of 17 women and girls whose creative inventions have helped change the world.

• Changing the Equation

  50+ US Black Women in STEM

  Bolden, Tonya,

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  Explores Black women who have changed the world of STEM, including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more.

• Patricia's Vision

  the Doctor Who Saved Sight

  Lord, Michelle,

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  The inspiring story of Dr. Patricia Bath, a groundbreaking ophthalmologist who pioneered laser surgery—and gave her patients the gift of sight.

• Classified

  The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

  Sorell, Traci

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  The inspiring story of Mary Golda Ross, a member of the Cherokee Nation, who used her knowledge of math and science to design spacecraft for NASA.

• Hedy Lamarr's Double Life

  Wallmark, Laurie,

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  During World War II, movie star Hedy Lamarr collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping, which is still used today in cell phones and computers.

• Lotte's Magical Paper Puppets

  the Woman Behind the First Animated Feature Film

  Hartman, Brooke,

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  This beautifully illustrated picture book introduces readers to the life and art of Lotte Reiniger, who created what is considered one of the first feature-length animated films: The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

• How the Cookie Crumbled

  the True (and Not-so-true) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie

  Ford, Gilbert,

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  Meet Ruth Wakefield, the talented chef and entrepreneur who started a restaurant, wrote a cookbook, and invented the chocolate chip cookie.

• Sweet Dreams, Sarah

  Kirkfield, Vivian,

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  Meet Sarah E. Goode, one of the first Black women to get a U.S. patent, for her space saving cupboard bed.

• Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention

  Jones, Pip (Children's story writer),

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  Izzy Gizmo is invited to an inventing competition, where a greedy competitor forces her to improvise.

• The Most Magnificent Thing

  Spires, Ashley

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  When a girl sets out to make "the most magnificent thing," she quickly learns it is more difficult than she imagined. But persistence and a new perspective pay off!

• Rosie Revere, Engineer

  Beaty, Andrea

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  A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.

• STEM Like a Girl

  Empowering Knowledge and Confidence to Lead, Innovate, and Create

  Foster, Sarah (Expert on STEM),

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  In this hands-on guide that includes 15 experiments, 35 girls share their love of all things STEM as well as their inspirations and role models, favorite types of experiments and why failure is almost always a good thing.

• Curious Jane

  Science + Design + Engineering for Inquisitive Girls

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  Provides imaginative projects for girls who love to tinker and create.

• More Curious Jane

  Science + Design + Engineering for Inquisitive Girls

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  Provides more imaginative projects for girls who love to tinker and create.

• Umbrellas: The Magic Invention of the Sculptress (podcast)

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  In this podcast, time-traveling reporter Josie Huang takes Joy Dolo and co-host Bella on a bumpy ride through umbrella history, including a visit with the savvy sculptor Slawa Duldig, who created a more portable umbrella design that she had to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• DO Try This at Home

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  Want to be inventive at home or in the classroom? Try your hand at these fun online activities from the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian.