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on 3/6/02 6:05 PM, John G. Wells at jjwellsfamily@COMCAST.NET wrote: > Dear LM_Netters, > I am looking for information for my fifth and sixth grade students on the > following women inventors: > Mary Olliden Weaver--Inventor of the super slurper > Ellen Eglui--Inventor of the clothes wringer > Si Ling Chi--Legendary Empress of China, inventor of silk I'm really trying not to come off as picky-picky, but she could not have invented silk, when the silkworms had done it long before she was born. She might have invented silk thread, or silk fabric, or some form of silk processing, but please lets foster accuracy in those students we seek to help and remind them that silk could be discovered, but not invented. -- Gail Smith, Librarian and Tech Coordinator Edison Regional Gifted Center Chicago, Illinois gsmith@edison.cps.k12.il.us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=