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Feminine ingenuity : women and invention in America / Anne L. Macdonald.
1992
G 310 MAC.F
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Title
Feminine ingenuity : women and invention in America / Anne L. Macdonald.
Description
xxiv, 514 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN
0345383141
0345358112
9780345358110
9780345383143
9780307775498 electronic book
0307775496 electronic book
032904771X
9780329047719
0345358112
9780345358110
9780345383143
9780307775498 electronic book
0307775496 electronic book
032904771X
9780329047719
Alternate Call Number
G 310 MAC.F
Summary
Celebrates the achievements of women inventors from the first patent issued in 1809 to the Nobel Prize Laureate in 1991.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-491) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Foremothers of American Invention
2. After the War: Inventing Within Woman's Sphere
3. New Fields of Invention
4. Centennial Sisterhood
5. Patenting Dress Reform
6. Publicizing, Proselytizing, and Educating: Uplifting the Position of Women Begins
7. Inventing Outside and Beyond Woman's Sphere
8. Celebrating Women's Ingenuity: Expositions, Fairs, and Patent Office Lists
9. Still a Long Way to Go
10. Patenting Know-how
11. "New Women" in a New Century
12. Hope Springs Eternal
13. Same Song, Second Verse
14. Depression, War, and Peace
15. The Modern Woman Inventor
16. Patents Pending?
Appendix: Patents of Women Inventors Cited in Text.
2. After the War: Inventing Within Woman's Sphere
3. New Fields of Invention
4. Centennial Sisterhood
5. Patenting Dress Reform
6. Publicizing, Proselytizing, and Educating: Uplifting the Position of Women Begins
7. Inventing Outside and Beyond Woman's Sphere
8. Celebrating Women's Ingenuity: Expositions, Fairs, and Patent Office Lists
9. Still a Long Way to Go
10. Patenting Know-how
11. "New Women" in a New Century
12. Hope Springs Eternal
13. Same Song, Second Verse
14. Depression, War, and Peace
15. The Modern Woman Inventor
16. Patents Pending?
Appendix: Patents of Women Inventors Cited in Text.
Series
Published
New York : Ballantine Books, 1992.
Language
English
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