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

Autumn Stanley

• Title

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

• Date 1993
• ISBN 9780810825864
• Publisher Lanham, Md.,; The Scarecrow Press
• Description 1116 p; 8.75 in
• Language English
• Collections Permanent Collection, Mindy Seu Cyberfeminism Reference Collection
• Summary

  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.

• Tags Technology, Gender studies, History, 19th century, 20th century, Review