Akron Public Library

Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.

The stories of more than 100 inventions are told with illustrations that resemble comic-strips. Included are the inventions of Johannes Gutenberg, James Watt, Richard Trevithick and George Stephenson, Thomas Edison, Antonio Meucci and Alexander Graham Bell, Wilbur and Orville Wright, Guglielmo Marconi, John Logie Baird and a number of women inventors.

Surveys the lives and work of such innovative women as Grace Hopper, Fannie Farmer, C. J. Walker, and Stephanie Kwolek.

Reveals some of the amazing inventions of the past and present that have come from young Americans, ages eight to nineteen.

"Every November, the United States celebrates Thanksgiving Day. But what actually happened at the first Thanksgiving? And when did it happen? Discover the facts and find out the fiction surrounding one of America's . . . holidays"--Provided by publisher

From 1800 to 1900 the territory of the United States expanded fourfold, and the population skyrocketed from about five million to seventy-five million plus. Two key innovations in technology helped this rapid development take place: steam and electricity. This easy-to-read guide traces the rail system's impact on shipping, travel, and the taming of the western frontier. Also covered are unprecedented advances in communication and other technology,...

"The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower ... Engineer George Ferris had an idea--a crazy, unrealistic, gigantic idea. He would construct a twenty-six-story tall observation wheel. The planners didn't think it...

"In graphic novel format, tells the story of Jonas Salk's involvement in the development of a polio vaccine"--Provided by publisher

Describes what life in America was like in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.