Written in an engaging and accessible style, this first broadly focused compensatory history of technology not only includes women's contributions but begins the long-overdue task of redefining technology and significant technology and to value these contributions correctly. Stanley traces women's inventions in five vital areas of technology worldwide--agriculture, medicine, reproduction, machines, and computers--from prehistory (or origin) forward, profiling hundreds of women, both famous and obscure. The author does not ignore theory. She contributes a paradigm for male takeovers of technologies originated by women.
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...a unique and invaluable source that belongs in any library. No other book covers the subject as thoroughly or in as much detail (Arba )
Stanley's book chronicles the technologic trajectory of women's creativity, and she speculates on why this contribution largely has gone unnoticed...should bring recognition to the inventive achievement of dozens of unknown and little-known women... (San Jose Mercury News )
Stanley has made an immense contribution to the rediscovery of women's history. (Susanne Otteman, National Women's History Project )
This is the book that many of us have been waiting for since at least the late 1970s (yes, it has been gestating that long). So here we have not merely a major contribution to the literature on women and technology, but a unique reference book, going far beyond the scope of the few 'popular' titles published in this field. It should be on the shelves of any library seriously committed to female/male equality. (Fawcett Library Newsletter )
A monumental work, delving back into ancient history and coming forward into the 20th century, supporting its premise that women have always been inventors but have seldom received the deserved acknowledgment...extensive bibliography and an excellent index...written in sufficiently readable prose to be enjoyed by anyone interested in women's accomplishments. (Awis Magazine )
...an exceptional tribute to women inventors and innovators. Whatever your gender, your consciousness cannot help being raised by realizing that women invented such essentials as the ice cream freezer (1843), the vacuum-canning process (1872), genetic engineering (1950), and the bobby pin (1916)... (C&Rl News )
...a comprehensive overview of the contributions of women inventors from ancient times to the present. Written in engaging prose, the volume serves as a biographical compendium, a historical handbook, and a bibliography. The international and historical scope of this work and its combination of reference strengths make it a unique contribution to any collection with an interest in women's inventions. (Reference Quarterly )
...no-one could really feel short-changed by Mothers and Daughters of Invention. It is a good and weighty read and handsomely fills the space that was waiting for it among the feminist analyses of technology. (Women's Studies International Forum )
Written in an engaging and accessible style, Mother and Daughters of Invention not only includes women's contributions to technology but redefines technology and significant technology to revalue these contributions correctly. (Institute Of Patentees And Inventors )
polemic, corrective, encyclopedia, speculative essay, Mothers and Daughters of Invention is so many things, and so exciting in so many directions, the reviewer hardly knows where to begin except perhaps by urging to make sure that your library--public and private, institutional and research-based--contains at least one copy! (Mentalities Review )
Every page is complete with rewards for its readers...an indispensable reference tool to confirm records of women's accomplishments. (Patent And Trademark Office Society Journal )
"A pioneering work: not only are there no other history and book-length studies of women inventors, but also, there are relatively few secondary sources that list, discuss, or in any way, note the contribution made by women to the field of technology...full of biographical, historical, and technical information. Its greatest strength is as a sourcebook for women's inventions and their overall contribution to technological development...an indispensable reference tool..." (Choice )
This book is highly recommended by our consulting editors. (Cobblestone ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Stanley's book chronicles the technologic trajectory of women's creativity, and she speculates on why this contribution largely has gone unnoticed...should bring recognition to the inventive achievement of dozens of unknown and little-known women... (San Jose Mercury News )
Stanley has made an immense contribution to the rediscovery of women's history. (Susanne Otteman, National Women's History Project )
This is the book that many of us have been waiting for since at least the late 1970s (yes, it has been gestating that long). So here we have not merely a major contribution to the literature on women and technology, but a unique reference book, going far beyond the scope of the few 'popular' titles published in this field. It should be on the shelves of any library seriously committed to female/male equality. (Fawcett Library Newsletter )
A monumental work, delving back into ancient history and coming forward into the 20th century, supporting its premise that women have always been inventors but have seldom received the deserved acknowledgment...extensive bibliography and an excellent index...written in sufficiently readable prose to be enjoyed by anyone interested in women's accomplishments. (Awis Magazine )
...an exceptional tribute to women inventors and innovators. Whatever your gender, your consciousness cannot help being raised by realizing that women invented such essentials as the ice cream freezer (1843), the vacuum-canning process (1872), genetic engineering (1950), and the bobby pin (1916)... (C&Rl News )
...a comprehensive overview of the contributions of women inventors from ancient times to the present. Written in engaging prose, the volume serves as a biographical compendium, a historical handbook, and a bibliography. The international and historical scope of this work and its combination of reference strengths make it a unique contribution to any collection with an interest in women's inventions. (Reference Quarterly )
...no-one could really feel short-changed by Mothers and Daughters of Invention. It is a good and weighty read and handsomely fills the space that was waiting for it among the feminist analyses of technology. (Women's Studies International Forum )
Written in an engaging and accessible style, Mother and Daughters of Invention not only includes women's contributions to technology but redefines technology and significant technology to revalue these contributions correctly. (Institute Of Patentees And Inventors )
polemic, corrective, encyclopedia, speculative essay, Mothers and Daughters of Invention is so many things, and so exciting in so many directions, the reviewer hardly knows where to begin except perhaps by urging to make sure that your library--public and private, institutional and research-based--contains at least one copy! (Mentalities Review )
Every page is complete with rewards for its readers...an indispensable reference tool to confirm records of women's accomplishments. (Patent And Trademark Office Society Journal )
"A pioneering work: not only are there no other history and book-length studies of women inventors, but also, there are relatively few secondary sources that list, discuss, or in any way, note the contribution made by women to the field of technology...full of biographical, historical, and technical information. Its greatest strength is as a sourcebook for women's inventions and their overall contribution to technological development...an indispensable reference tool..." (Choice )
This book is highly recommended by our consulting editors. (Cobblestone ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Autumn Stanley, an independent scholar, has presented her work at national and international conferences on women and work, history of technology, women's studies, and business history and published papers in scholarly journals and in essay collections from Joan Rothschild's pathbreaking Machina ex Dea (1983) to Dale Spender and Cheris Kramarae's Knowledge Explosion (1992). Formerly affiliated with Stanford's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (1984-1988), she is a member of the Institute for Historical Study.
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menstrual technology, menstrual absorbers, woman inventor, fluting machine, versatile inventor, women inventors, multiple inventor, noteworthy inventions, projectile hunting, herbal contraceptives, abdominal supporters, inventive achievement, reissue patents, beverage processes, regular patents, likely inventors, unpatented inventions, preserving eggs, abortion technology, household inventions, primary cultivators, birth explosion, medical woman, primitive women, male takeover Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York City, San Francisco, Charlotte Smith, World War, Women's Bureau, Scientific American, Stanford University, Margaret Knight, Columbian Exposition, Helen Blanchard, Beulah Henry, Grace Hopper, Los Angeles, Near East, Miss Henry, New England, New Guinea, University of California, Achievement Award, Inventive Age, Johns Hopkins, Lady Edison, Pat Wiener, Society of Women Engineers New!
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