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Anna M. Lewis

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Anna M. Lewis is an award-winning toy inventor, author, and creativity advocate. Anna is the author of WOMEN OF STEEL AND STONE: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (Chicago Review Press 2014), CITY DOODLES - CHICAGO (Gibbs Smith 2013), and several children's magazines.

Anna encourages students to think creatively in her author presentations and in classes that she teaches on cartooning, game design, and monster imaginations in the schools, through her company, Ideasplash. http://www.ideasplash.org

Anna currently lives in Illinois with her wildly creative family and Lucy, an Old English Sheepdog, who patiently piles tennis balls at Anna's feet while she writes. ...more

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“The first woman to patent a building plan was Harriet Irwin. With nine children underfoot, she studied architecture on her own and felt that her position as a housewife taught her to understand what was needed in house design. Her 1869 patent was titled “Improvement in the Construction of Houses” and incorporated interconnected hexagons making a large hexagon-shaped

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	Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (6) (Women of Action) 3.69 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City Doodles Chicago by Anna M. Lewis (Goodreads Author), Daniel Chaffin (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era

by Carl Sferrazza Anthony

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Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism

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The Engineer's Wife

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“The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough (Simon and Schuster, 1972) The Roebling Legacy by Clifford Zink (Princeton Landmark Publications, 2011) Silent Builder: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge by Marilyn E.”
― Anna M. Lewis, Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers

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