Women Invent!: Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World

Women Invent!: Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World — page 7
WOMEN INVENT Conner of Garden Grove Iowa describes her hay handling device an intricate system of ropes and pulleys connected with a hayfork and a carriage To write of it May could not have been merely around her farm she had to have been in the barn measuring dis tances and angles figuring weights and plotting directions She was a busy thinking woman And I discovered every other woman inven tor to be the same I grew to admire each one I hope that my depic tion of their involvements and their activities does justice to their remarkable accomplishments I am honored to tell their