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