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Mothers and daughters of invention : notes for a revised history of technology

Stanley traces women's inventions in five vital areas of technology worldwide--agriculture, medicine, reproduction, machines, and computers
Print Book, English, 1995
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J., 1995
History
xxxv, 708 pages ; 24 cm
9780813521978, 0813521971
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Daughters of Ceres, Songi, and Corn Mother: women inventors and innovators in agriculture and related technology
Daughters of Isis, Gula, Hygieia, and Brigit: women inventors in health and medicine
Daughters of Hera, Eileithyia, Prokris, and Teteu Innan: women inventors and innovators in sex, fertility, and anti-fertility technology
Daughters of Athena, Semiramis, Margaret Knight, and Wei-Feng Ying: women inventors of tools and machines
Daughters of the Enchantress of Numbers and Grandma COBOL: women inventors and innovators in computers and related technology