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Overlooked No More: Ángela Ruiz Robles, Inventor of an Early E-Reader

Long before Kindles and iPads became popular, Ruiz Robles, a teacher, created her Mechanical Encyclopedia to help lighten her students’ textbook load.

By Cindy Shmerler

Biographical Information Records and Achievements Women and Girls

Overlooked No More: Alice Anderson, Who Ran Australia’s First All-Woman Garage

Her car repair business was described as having a staff “capable of doing the jobs any male member of the automobile industry would undertake.”

By Briohny Doyle

Biographical Information California Canyon Cinema Foundation Deaths (Obituaries) Documentary Films and Programs Movies Occidental College Strand, Chick (1931-2009) Women and Girls

Overlooked No More: Chick Strand, Pioneering Experimental Filmmaker

Often turning her lens on women, she emerged as one of independent cinema’s fiercest proponents on the West Coast.

By Sean Malin

Biographical Information Deaths (Obituaries) England English Football Assn Parr, Lily (1905-78) Records and Achievements Soccer Women and Girls Women's World Cup (Soccer)

Overlooked No More: Lily Parr, Dominant British Soccer Player

She persevered at a time when women were effectively banned from the sport, and was the first woman inducted into England’s National Football Hall of Fame.

By Jacob Meschke