tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post7082724439114926755..comments2023-09-26T10:56:39.429-04:00Comments on Techist: A Blog about Technology, History and Teaching: Ada Lovelace Day Post--Women in the History of American TechnologyJeffrey McClurkenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118204828598680985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post-21188819285479170332009-04-05T07:18:00.000-04:002009-04-05T07:18:00.000-04:00Leslie,I've used Beecher and Stowe's book before, ...Leslie,<BR/>I've used Beecher and Stowe's book before, but never in the tech class. That's a good idea. [I've also clearly just seen reprints of the text from the book. I clearly need to track down the illustrations as well.]<BR/>Thanks!Jeffrey McClurkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118204828598680985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post-53045392875237848662009-04-04T12:29:00.000-04:002009-04-04T12:29:00.000-04:00I'd check out The American Woman's Home by Catheri...I'd check out <I>The American Woman's Home</I> by Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. There's quite a bit in there about kitchen and bathroom technologies and their effects on health. Not sure how much of it is about invention, but there's definitely a lot of health and science advice conveyed under the umbrella of home economics. Plus, the illustrations are pretty interesting.Leslie M-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434392840359276805noreply@blogger.com