Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology

by Autumn Stanley

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813521971
• ISBN13: 9780813521978
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 748 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"