Wonder Women by Sam Maggs

Author:Sam Maggs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 2016-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

“The question is sneeringly asked sometimes, Can a woman invent?” So begins the chapter on inventors in the 1883 book Women of the Century. The answer is obviously yes—they can invent anything they want. But still, the facts are bleak. Of the more than five million U.S. patents that have been granted since 1790, only about 5 percent have a woman’s name on them. Men often took credit for women’s inventions, sometimes at the behest of women of color who feared that white consumers wouldn’t want to purchase their items. Women were often denied access to education and tools that made it possible to invent stuff in the first place. And since patents are property, it helps to be able to, you know, own property so you can file for one. Let’s give a well-deserved deep-knee curtsey to these queens, because they did do the things, make the things, and use the things, and all our lives are better for it.

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