The nice thing about this book is that it was written for young readers. 
This is one positive way to reclaim women's history.
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
Paperback – March 11, 2002
by Catherine Thimmesh
In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?
Features women inventors Ruth Wakefield, Mary Anderson, Stephanie Kwolek, Bette Nesmith Graham, Patsy O. Sherman, Ann Moore, Grace Murray Hopper, Margaret E. Knight, Jeanne Lee Crews, and Valerie L. Thomas, as well as young inventors ten-year-old Becky Schroeder and eleven-year-old Alexia Abernathy. Illustrated in vibrant collage by Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet.
Take a peek: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0618195637/ref=dra_a_sm_mr_ho_it_P1300_1000?tag=dradisplay-20&ascsubtag=4a251a2ef9bbf4ccc35f97aba2c9cbda
More great books about women that are written for kids:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/3564974011/ref=zg_b_bs_3564974011_1
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