Macdonald, Anne L.

This fascinating study of American women inventors shows how these creative, resourceful and entrepreneurial women helped to shatter the ancient stereotypes of mechanically inept womanhood.

Presents a comprehensive examination of over two hundred years of American women inventors including Mary Dixon Kies, who in 1809 received a patent for a method of weaving, and actress Hedy Lamar who developed a secret wartime communications system.