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

Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology by Stanley, Autumn. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780813521978.

Written in an engaging and accessible style, this first broadly focused compensatory history of technology not only includes womens contributions but begins the long-overdue task of redefining technology and significant technology and to value these contributions correctly. Stanley traces womens 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.