Who invented solar energy? The parachute and the built-in kitchen? The little black dress, the disposable diaper and the champagne shaker? The prefabricated house, wireless technology, the environmental movement and the Matilda effect? They were women - rebellious spirits with a marked tendency to find solutions to problems. Melanie Jahreis, curator at the Deutsches Museum, tells her irresistible stories. They encourage us to have crazy dreams, set high goals for ourselves and follow our own path with determination. An inspiring reading, at any time of day or night. Congenially illustrated by Katinka Reinke.

The book contains portraits of:

Greta Thunberg, inventor of the "Fridays for Future" movement

Melitta Bentz, inventor of the coffee filter

Coco Chanel, inventor of the 'little black dress’.

Mary Quant, inventor of the miniskirt

Josephine Cochrane, inventor of the dishwasher

Barbel Nicole (Veuve Clicquot), inventor of the (champagne) shaker

Kate Gleason, inventor of the prefabricated house

Renate Heuwer, inventor of the Currywurst

Ada Lovelace, inventor of the world's first computer program

Maria Montessori, inventor of the educational toy

Käthe Paulus, inventor of the parachute

Maria Telkes, inventor of the house heated with solar energy