Katrine Mar�al is a Swedish writer, journalist and correspondent for the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Her first book, Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? was shortlisted for the August Prize and won the Lagercrantzen Award. She lives in London.
"Another eye-opening entry for the 'Where Are All the Women?'
playbook. A wide-ranging swoop through the history of technology
and how game-changing innovations got delayed, dismissed, or
forgotten if they were suggested by women or just because they were
seen as feminine. Set in an apparently implacable framework of an
absolute difference between female and male ideas and life
abilities, the narrative can, at times, be infuriating but always
thought-provoking and intriguing. It is a clearly needed wake-up
call to future innovators not to view the world through a narrowly
gendered lens but to pay attention to the skills and lived
experiences of all."--Professor Gina Rippon, bestselling author of
The Gendered Brain
"From wheeled suitcases to witch trials, Katrine Mar�al makes you
look again at history in this funny, clever, and provocative
book."--Helen Lewis, author of Difficult Women: A History of
Feminism in 11 Fights
"Sometimes we are lucky to experience a leap in new thinking. We
look in amazement at the world around us and ask: Why didn't we see
this before? This what Katrine Mar�al offers us in Mother of
Invention. She brilliantly proves how male-driven technology over
the ages has limited full human development by neglecting a
liberating female narrative and perspective."--Jan Eliasson, former
deputy secretary-general of the UN
"This is an absolute must-read. Equal parts informative and
infuriating."--, author of Sex: Lessons from History, Dr. Fern
Riddell
"This second book by the author of Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?
is both bracing and highly entertaining. Marcal's contention is
that while women have been coming up with ingenious inventions
since the beginning of time, they are routinely sidelined in a
world geared to men."--Bookseller
"[A] breezy read... Each chapter uses an animating story...to offer
free-flowing ruminations on patriarchy, economics, and
invention."
--Booklist
"[A] quirky treatise...Told in a conversational tone, this feminist
directive...fascinates with its wealth of historical tidbits. Fans
of Caroline Criado-Perez's Invisible Women, take note."
--Publishers Weekly
"[Mar�al's] at-once anecdotal and theoretical book seeks to
understand what's lost when women's social contributions are
limited, as well as ways to move toward a new model. The author's
writing shines when she addresses perceptions of women throughout
history; she particularly carefully unpacks how Black and brown
women have historically been restricted and misrepresented, and the
misconceptions that endure... A must-read."
--Library Journal, *starred* review
"A smart, witty, and fascinating warning from history. I loved this
book."--Caroline Criado Perez, bestselling author of Invisible
Women
"Start 'Mother of Invention, ' and you'll be astounded. It's fun
and super-informative with tales of innovations that were largely
ignored or irritatingly co-opted by men, and back-stories of how
the presence of the feminine, whether real or imagined, changed
products and processes...wry and very, very enjoyable..."--Idaho
Press
"The joy of the book is how it manages to weave in stories of women
influencing innovation in masculine spaces...Innovation may have
been stifled by gender bias in the past, but Mother of Invention
shows that we can choose a different future."
--Science Magazine
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