In America, the debate around immigration is getting louder and more polarised. Some people think we should close our borders to almost everyone, whereas others believe that shutting out the world is hypocritical because America has always been a nation of...
Meet Frances Oldham Kelsey – a true American hero! Frances was a pharmacologist working for the FDA who stood up to the big drug companies and ultimately saved thousands of American lives in the...
Spare a thought for the burglars of America – they’re going out of business! Since 1993, property crime in the US has fallen by 69%. Thanks to the pioneering work of one woman: Marie Van Brittan Brown – visionary inventor of the Home Security...
The first mass-produced car in America was basically a lawnmower with leather trim, but it was a start, right? This is the story of Mary Anderson the inventor of the Windshield Wiper – an invention that happened by a stroke of...
