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.

3000 B.C  Hsi-ling-shi develops method of gathering and weaving silk

A.D.1715  Sybilla Masters new method for cleaning and curing corn

1793  Catherine Littlefield Greene(controversial)supplied Eli Whitney with the ideas for the cotton gin

1793  Mrs.Samuel Slater improved cotton sewing thread

1809  Mary Dixon Kies process of weaving straw with silk or thread

1843  Nancy Johnson hand-cranked machine for making ice-cream

1845  Sarah O.Mather underwater lamp and telescope

1848  Maria Telkes and Eleanor Raymond first solar-heated house

1850A  Martha Hunt Coston signalflares

1863  Clarissa Britain improvement to ambulances

1868  Anna E.Corey Baldwin improvements in treating milk

1869  H.I.(Harriet)Irwin hexagonal house

1870  Margaret E.Knight flat-bottom paper-bag-making machine

1870  Mary F.Ports “Sad Iron” improvements

1870  Mary Carpenter sewing machine with easy-to-thread needle

1871  Margaret Plunkitt Colvin improvement to washing machines

1872  Amanda Theodosia Jones vacuum canning

1872  Jane Wells baby jumper

1873  Helen Augusta Blanchard first improvement on sewing machine

1875  Susan Taylor Converse Emancipation Suit(undergarment)

1875  Lydia Bonney improvements to undergarments

1876  Elizabeth Stiles multifunctional desk

1877  Mary Nolan interlocking bricks

1878  Maria Beasley improvement in foot warmer

1882  Adeline D.T.Whitney alphabet blocks

1884  Harriet Strong device for raising and lowering windows

1885  Sarah E.Goode folding bed

1886  Josephine G.Cochran industrial dishwasher

1886  Sarah E.Ball combined work table and basket

1887  Maria E.Allen diaper

1887  Anna Connelly fire escape

1888  Miriam E.Benjamin “gong and signal chair”

1889  Anna Breadin school desk

1891  Annie Chilton house detacher

1892  Harriet R.Tracy “lock and chain stitch”for sewing machine

1892  Cynthia Westover street-cleaning cart

1892  Leonie Callmeyer means for detecting the opening of sealed envelopes

1892  Anna Mangin pastry fork

1899  Letitia Geer medical syringes

1902  Mary Anderson windshield wiper

1904  Anonymous ice cream cone

1904  Catherine Ryan Nut and Bolt lock for railroad tracks

1905  Madam C.J.Walker hair-care products

1908  Melitta Bentz drip coffee machine

1912  Carrie B.Averill baby carrier

1913  Rose O'Neill the Kewpie Doll

1914  Mary P.Jacobs brassiere

1915  Laura M.Hicks washmit

1916  Madeline Turner fruit press

1917  May Conner combined egg beater and potato masher

1917  Ida Forbes electric hot water heater

1918  Julie Auerbach detachable, self-adjusting corset strap

1924  Elizabeth Phillips The Landlord's Game(early version of MonopolyTM)

1928  Marjorie Stewart Joyner permanent wave machine

1930  Ruth Wakefield chocolate chip cookie

1938  Katherine Burr Blodgett nonreflecting glass(“invisible” glass)

1938  Gladys Whitcomb Geissmann glove construction

1942  Hedwig Kiesler Maukey(also known as movie star Hedy Lamarr)and George Antheil secret communication system using “frequency hopping”

1943  Henrietta Mahim Bradberry bed rack to freshen clothes