0345383141 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.