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Article: Patently female: from AZT to TV dinners, stories of women inventors and their breakthrough ideas. (Women Inventors: Who?).(Women scientists)
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- Chemistry and Industry
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- October 1, 2002
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Ethlie Ann Vare & Greg Ptacek
Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002
One day the computer on which this text has been created may be disposable and only $20, or so Randice Altschul inventor of the disposable laptop hopes. Of course, her invention would never have been possible without Jean Jennings, Betty Snyder, Kathleen McNulty, Marlyn Wescoff, Frances Bilas and Ruth Lichterman. Together, these women invented the first computer program for the first computer. These are a few of the more recent inventions featured in Patently female by Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek. The book insightfully and entertainingly portrays the history of women inventors and ...