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Mothers and daughters of invention : notes for a revised history of technology / by Autumn Stanley.
Stanley, Autumn, 1933- author.
1995
G 310 STA.M
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Title
Mothers and daughters of invention : notes for a revised history of technology / by Autumn Stanley.
Author
Stanley, Autumn, 1933- author.
Description
xxxv, 708 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
0813521971
9780813521978
Alternate Call Number
G 310 STA.M
Summary
Stanley traces women's inventions in five vital areas of technology worldwide--agriculture, medicine, reproduction, machines, and computers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 606-659) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Daughters of Ceres, Songi, and corn mother: women inventors and innovators in agriculture and related technology; 2. Daughters of Isis, Gula, Hygicia, 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 Knigh, 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.

Daughters of Ceres, Songi, and Corn Mother: women inventors and innovators in agriculture and related technology
Daughters of Isis, Gula, Hygieia, and Brigit: women inventors in health and medicine
Daughters of Hera, Eileithyia, Prokris, and Teteu Innan: women inventors and innovators in sex, fertility, and anti-fertility technology
Daughters of Athena, Semiramis, Margaret Knight, and Wei-Feng Ying: women inventors of tools and machines
Daughters of the Enchantress of Numbers and Grandma COBOL: women inventors and innovators in computers and related technology.
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1995.
Language
English
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