Oh No He Didn't

By: Murphy, Wendy J.

Don't you hate it when someone takes credit for another person's idea? It happens a lot, and the people who lose out are often women. This book tells the stories of women whose inventions, discoveries, and creations were credited to men-women like Zelda Fitzgerald, the novelist, painter, and playwright who was more than F. Scott's wife, and Margaret Knight, who invented the flat-bottomed paper bag but saw the patent go to a man who stole off to the Patent Office with her idea. By telling the stories of the brilliant women artists, inventors, scientists, architects, and mathematicians who were denied their due, Oh No He Didn't will help all women tackle obstacles and create a kinship of understanding that will inspire and transcend generations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947976478
• ISBN13: 9781947976474
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Cynren Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Oh No He Didn't!

Oh No He Didn't!: Brilliant Women and the Men Who Took Credit for Their Work by Wendy Murphy is about the talents of courageous women from the past who were responsible - but yet not given credit for - many inventions, breakthroughs, and concepts. The book covers twenty four of these women. They were activists, designers, engineers, students, novelists, chemists, sculptors, artists, inventors, scientists, architects, and mathematicians. I found it interesting to see how many men were given distinguishable awards, world renowned status, and patents that should have actually been given to those that should have been recognized. These include inventions of disposable diapers, discoveries of climate change, works of art, and finding treatments for leprosy. It is obvious that Wendy Murphy did her research to bring this book to life. I could not help but to think of the saying "Behind every successful man, stands a strong woman". I am going to give Oh No He Didn't!: Brilliant Women and the Men Who Took Credit for Their Work a very well deserved five plus stars. I highly recommend it for readers who love to read biographies and history. I would love to read more releases from Wendy Murphy in the future to see what other interesting subjects she writes about. I received a paperback copy of Wendy Murphy's Oh No He Didn't!: Brilliant Women and the Men Who Took Credit for Their Work from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.