Ask someone to name an inventor and they"ll likely offer up Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, or Alexander Graham Bell. Great men all--but all men. Why are there no female inventors? There are, of course, and MOTHERS OF INVENTION tells their tales. Meet Beulah Henry, who earned the sobriquet "the lady Edison." Among her 49 patents were an ice cream freezer and a "Kiddie Clock" for teaching tots to tell time. At least she was able to get patents: until the suffrage movement gained steam, patents, as a form of property, were often not granted to women, going to their husbands or fathers instead! Though the legal world has caught up, women inventors are still outpaced by their male counterparts, but the number and impact of these innovators is growing, and they stand on the shoulders of the trailblazers whose stories are told here. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com"s standard return policy will apply.