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Patently Female
From Azt to TV Dinners, Stories of Women Inventors and Their Breakthrough Ideas
by Greg Ptacek ; Ethlie A. Vare ; Ethlie Ann Vare
ISBN: 0471023345
ISBN-13: 9780471023340
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
The automatic dishwasher, disposable phone, and drip coffeemaker are among the dozens of technological devises discussed in this overview of notable inventions by women.
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"In their sequel to Mothers of Invention, Vare and Ptacek explore female innovators-a role history has often failed to record, let alone reward. The first U.S. patent was awarded to a woman, Hannah Slater, in 1793, for perfecting cotton sewing thread. But the authors quickly demonstrate that women's inventions aren't limited to the home. Both the brassiere and the jockstrap were invented by women. Can't do without that cordless phone? Thank Terri Pall. Interested in voting reforms? Susan Huhn invented the most reliable and mobile voting machine. The brilliance of physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking is transmitted through computer technology invented by Martine Kempf, Leslie Dolman and Carrie Heeter. And Hawking studies the universe in good company: Jocelyn Bell discovered the pulsar, and women invented the Mars rover and the space suit. Dr. Gertrude Elion's immunosuppressants make lifesaving transplants possible, including bone marrow transplants, which were Dr. Suzanne Ilstaad's revolutionary treatment for end-stage cancers and anemias. The major AIDS-fighting drugs, AZT and protease inhibitors, were also invented by women. Of course, not all women's are so dramatic-witness the TV dinner, Jell-O, tract housing and Barbie. Vare and Ptacek detail how women's ideas-like the cotton gin, automatic sewing machine and even the Brooklyn Bridge-have often been attributed to men and how history books and musums like the Smithsonian and the National Inventors Hall of Fame have ignored women's achievements. The book's lighthearted, colloquial style makes it ideal for classrooms, but the lack of specific years for many of the inventions is irksome." (Publishers Weekly, 10/29/01)
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published date: 2001
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
Pages: 220
Publisher's Notes
Discover the trials & triumphs of great female inventors
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