Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women Book

Women try the darnedest things, sometimes out of necessity, sometimes out of curiosity, sometimes out of sheer determination to make something better.

What was even more interesting to me in this book which is illustrated to appeal to women and girls with headings and sidebars lettered in pink -was how various are the amounts and worth with which women's efforts are rewarded commercially!

Ever noticed that Toll-House chocolate chip cookie recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag? Read this book and you'll learn how it got there and what Ruth Wakefield received for selling the right to reprint her recipe.

Guess how much Margaret Knight the inventor of the machine that made the first flat bottomed paper bags was worth when she died?

Ever turned on your windshield wipers in a rainstorm? Mary Anderson designed the first windshield wipers but couldn't sell her invention to men. We read in Girls Think of Everything that the patent for the worthless device expired. This is the weakest bio in the book -we never learn how long she held the patent before it expired(only 17 years) or whether she made any money off it (it is implied that she didn't but that's probably not true).

Even still, You'll find the answers to the questions above and more in Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women which is a visual feast for a book of its type!