Women of Invention

Women of Invention
Author: Charlotte Montague
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0785835008

Hypatia was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who invented the hydrometer in about 400 AD. Described as a charismatic teacher, she was seen as an evil symbol of the pagan science of learning and she was eventually murdered by Christian zealots. For many women in years gone by, the invention process was fraught with danger and difficulty. Not only did they face the hardship and obstacles of inventing, they also had to contend with the sexism and gender discrimination of a male world that believed women had nothing to contribute. Scientific women came to the fore with momentous innovations which were impossible for men to ignore. During World War Two, Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr became a pioneer in wireless communications, developing a “Secret Communications System.” More recently, 20-year-old Ann Makosinski has invented the ingenious Hollow Flashlight which converts radiant body heat into electricity. Meanwhile other women continued inventing in the domestic sphere with Miracle Mops, long-lasting lipsticks, and magic knickers. In every walk of twenty-first century life women have been challenging themselves (and men) to shape the way we live. Some of the incredible innovators featured include Myra Juliet Farrell, Sally Fox, Rosalind Franklin, Helen Murray, Anna Pavlova, Mária Telkes, Giuliana Tesoro, Halldis Aalvik Thune, Ann Tsukamoto, Margaret A. Wilcox, Ada Lovelace, and many more. The 150 remarkable women in this book show all too clearly that not only can invention no longer be described as a male dominated domain but that a woman’s inspiration and ingenuity will probably be driving the life-changing ideas of tomorrow’s world.

The Invention of Women

The Invention of Women
Author: Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 1997-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1452903255

The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western contruction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures. Oyewumi traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. Her analysis shows the paradoxical nature of two fundamental assumptions of feminist theory: that gender is socially constructed in old Yoruba society, and that social organization was determined by relative age.

Mothers of Invention

Mothers of Invention
Author: Drew Gilpin Faust
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807855737

Exploring privileged Confederate women's wartime experiences, this book chronicles the clash of the old and the new within a group that was at once the beneficiary and the victim of the social order of the Old South.

Mothers and Daughters of Invention

Mothers and Daughters of Invention
Author: Autumn Stanley
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 792
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780813521978

Stanley traces women's inventions in five vital areas of technology worldwide--agriculture, medicine, reproduction, machines, and computers.

Mothers of Invention

Mothers of Invention
Author: Ethlie Ann Vare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780688089078

Describes how women invent such items as Liquid Paper, chocolate chip cookies, tract houses, brassieres, computer compilers, and nonreflecting glass

Girls Think of Everything

Girls Think of Everything
Author: Catherine Thimmesh
Publisher: Clarion Books
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1328772535

Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.

Mother of Invention

Mother of Invention
Author: Katrine Marçal
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2021-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1647004799

An illuminating and maddening examination of how gender bias has skewed innovation, technology, and history—now in paperback It all starts with a rolling suitcase. Though the wheel was invented some 5,000 years ago, and the suitcase in the 19th century, it wasn’t until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the holdup? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer is both shocking and simple: because “real men” carried their bags, no matter how heavy. Mother of Invention is a fascinating and eye-opening examination of business, technology, and innovation through a feminist lens. Because it wasn’t just the suitcase. Drawing on examples from electric cars to tech billionaires, Marçal shows how gender bias stifles the economy and holds us back, delaying innovations, sometimes by hundreds of years, and distorting our understanding of our history. While we talk about the Iron Age and the Bronze Age, we might as well talk about the Ceramic Age or the Flax Age, since these technologies were just as important. But inventions associated with women are not considered to be technology in the same way as those associated with men. Mother of Invention is a sweeping tour of the global economy with a powerful message: If we upend our biases, we can unleash our full potential.

Be an InventHer

Be an InventHer
Author: Mina Yoo
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1632172763

The complete guide to inventing for any female entrepreneur who wants to take her invention, innovation, or creation from an idea to the marketplace Authors Mina Yoo and Hilary Meyerson offer practical advice to any woman looking to take an invention from idea to market. Walking you through the entire process, they offer encouragement, success stories of other female inventors, and concrete guidance to help readers realize their dreams of invention. Inventing and innovation is a hot topic, and this book—coauthored by a woman who created a successful business that started as a sketch on a cocktail napkin—offers a helping hand through the invention process without intimidation or undue complication.

Smothered by Invention

Smothered by Invention
Author: Wendy Faulkner
Publisher: London : Pluto Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1985
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Articles on sex discrimination against woman workers amd other social implications of technological change - discusses the sexual division of labour, employment opportunity in engineering in the UK, the green revolution, birth control and choice of technology by medical personnel and homemakers in developing countries; considers the impact of microelectronics, word processing and computers on the office worker. Graph, illustration, references, statistical tables.