Can’t emphasize enough how underrated these #inventors are! Here are some of the most resourceful things you’ve been using that have traces of the ingenuity of women.
Credits to our dear friend @bertyashley
for this thread.
Caution - #WomenatWork! No space for misogyny ahead.
Windshield wipers are an innovative mechanism that can save a life - thanks to Maya Anderson’s creativity and kindness!
Here’s Marie Van Brittan Brown proving that no matter how marginalized you are, nobody can deny the power you truly hold!
Thanks to Shirley Ann Johnson, we socially awkward peeps can avoid uncomfortable calls.
Love Maria Donaldson Johnson’s energy! Don’t let the lack of machineries and technology prevent you from having ice cream - 2 at that!
If it was Maria Beasly in the film Titanic, Jack Dawson would still be alive.
All our love to Sarah Boone for allowing us to have crisp clothes for our job interviews. We owe you one!
Letitia about the woman behind the backbone of modern syringes!
Caffeinators, Melitta Bentz created the coffee filter. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
Massive respect for the women who trusted their innovative abilities and didn’t let societal obstacles prevent them for being who they are.
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We’re back with the part 2 of this thread about some incredible things invented by women by @bertyashley
Be prepared to add some valuable knowledge to your facts bank today😤!
Just appreciating Lilian Gilbreth for creating such a convenient and resourceful mechanism that we take for granted everyday. Popularly described as “a genius in the art of living” and we can see why!
Not only was Ida Forbes a pioneer, she was also a wise one. Convenient hot baths are the best.
#Kadambattu - During Pongal and Kailpoldu, Kadambattu or steamed rice balls are made and usually eaten with curries. The dish is made from broken rice and coconut which is boiled till it becomes mushy and then shaped into round balls and steamed again to hold its shape.
Caramel Sheer Khurma is a dish made from Vermicelli, dates, dry fruits and milk. This special dish is served on the morning of Eid day in the family after the #Eid prayer as breakfast, and throughout the day to all the visiting guests.
50 years ago, #OnThisDay a landmark Indian movie released.
Co-written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Anand won several awards, spawned many parodies and added “lymphosarcoma of the intestine” to the lexicon of scary diseases. #iwtkthreads
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was very good friends with Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor fell seriously ill.
Hrishi da feared losing his friend and wrote the story of Anand. “Babu Moshay” was what Raj Kapoor called Hrishi da. (Pic courtesy @FilmHistoryPic)
This film is dedicated to the city of Bombay and Raj Kapoor. (Pics courtesy @sachdeva_pankaj)
A - They are considered as Harvest festivals and also mark the end of the winter solstice.
#Incwala is a festival celebrated in the republic of Eswatini. This harvest festival takes place during the summer solstice. Incwala takes place over a period of about a month, starting with the small incwala, incwala lencane, and culminating in the big incwala, incwala lenkhulu.
On 25th Jan 1987, a hastily shot pilot of a TV series was telecast on Doordarshan.
Shot in two weeks and allegedly of poor quality, this marked the beginning of the third telling of the Ramayan, following the versions created by Valmiki and Tulsidas.
Today is the 103rd birthday of Ramanand Sagar, the man who brought the Ramayan into the hearts, minds and TV sets of millions of Indians in the late 80s.
Did you know he made movies such as Charas, Jalte Badan and Romance before making spirituality great again? Read on.
He was born Chandramauli Chopra.
His name was changed when his maternal grandmother adopted him. His father DN Chopra remarried and had another family. Did you know Vidhu Vinod Chopra is Sagar’s half-brother?
Another Chopra, Baldev Raj, produced the other epic, Mahabharat.
Dr. Mahinder Watsa, the man behind "Ask the Sexpert", is no longer with us. He leaves a legacy of destroying taboos & imparting practical education that our schools have long forgotten. Here is thread on some his best advise (in our humble opinion) @MumbaiMirror
When asked about infidelity and safe-sex: "You may not contract HIV, but you run the risk of an unwanted pregnancy and severe infection due to anal intercourse. Have you given it a thought that both of you are playing with your long-term family relationships?"
You can sense Dr. Watsa's irritation in this response when someone asked him about size: "You are suffering from the disease of ignorance. Your penis stopped growing long ago — around the age of 18. Browse the Internet and educate yourself."