Journal article
Mothers of invention? Meshing the roles of inventor, mother, and worker
Abstract
Our focus in this study is on the social-structural and cultural barriers experienced by modern women inventors. Our aim is to discover and explore the constraints that inhibit women inventors from contributing fully to the process of innovation. Are there barriers and constraints working to make women's inventions and themselves as inventors invisible? Is this lack of recognition related to the fact that women inventors live in a patriarchal …
Authors
McDaniel SA; Cummins H; Beauchamp RS
Journal
Women's Studies International Forum, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 1–12
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 1988
DOI
10.1016/0277-5395(88)90002-7
ISSN
0277-5395