Women-inventors

Listen and answer the questions.

Choose True or False.

1 Dish washer was invented by Tomas Edison.

• False
• True

2 Josephine Cochrane was a rich woman.

• False
• True

3 Josephine’s servants often broke plates and glasses.

• False
• True

4 Josephine hired a designer to create a washing machine.

• True
• False

5 Now only Hotels and Restaurants acquire Josephine’s machines.

• False
• True

6 Mary Anderson invented the windscreen wipers.

• True
• False

7 The first disposable nappy was invented in 1991.

• False
• True

8 An American company bought Mary’s idea.

• False
• True

9 The liquid for painting over mistakes was invented in 1956.

• False
• True

10 The Kevlar was invented in 1966.

• True
• False