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


About the Author
AUTUMN STANLEY is an independent feminist scholar from Portola Valley, California. A member of the Institute for Historical Study (Berkeley, California), she has published widely on gender roles and on women in science and technology. She is currently working on a book on gender and technology.

Reviews
An indispensable reference tool. * Choice *
A clearly written volume which the non-academic can easily and enjoyably read. * New Moon Parenting *
Invaluable. There is nothing else with as much information between two covers on the market. -- Ruth Schwartz Cowan * President, Society for the History of Technology *



Book Information
ISBN 9780813521978
Author Autumn Stanley
Format Paperback
Page Count 748
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 1048g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 152mm * 41mm