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Mothers and Daughters of Invention

Notes for a Revised History of Technology

by Autumn Stanley

Paperback

$49.95

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Price:: $49.95
ISBN:: 9780813521978
Published:: Oct 01, 1995

Release Date:: 1st October 1995
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Imprint:: Rutgers University Press
Pages:: 748

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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.

An indispensable reference tool.
---Choice

A clearly written volume which the non-academic can easily and enjoyably read.
---New Moon Parenting

Invaluable. There is nothing else with as much information between two covers on the market.
- Ruth Schwartz Cowan, President, Society for the History of Technology

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Daughters of Ceres, Songi, and Corn Mother: Women Inventors and Innovators in Agriculture and Related Technology
2. Daughters of Isis, Gula, Hygieia, and Brigit: Women Inventors in Health and Medicine
3. Daughters of Hera, Eileithyia, Prokris, and Teteu Innan: Women Inventors and Innovators in Sex, Fertility, and Anti-Fertility Technology
4. Daughters of Athena, Semiramis, Margaret Knight, and Wei-Feng Ying: Women Inventors of Tools and Machines
5. Daughters of the Enchantress of Numbers and Grandma COBOL: Women Inventors and Innovators in Computers and Related Technology
Conclusion
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index

AUTUMN STANLEY is an independent feminist scholar from Portola Valley, California. A member of the Institute for Historical Study (Berkeley, California), she has published widely on gender roles and on women in science and technology. She is currently working on a book on gender and technology.

Related topics: Social Science / Women's Studies, Technology & Engineering / History