Comments on: Charlotte Smith & the Lady Edisons http://lupecboston.com/2011/03/23/charlotte-smith-the-lady-edisons/ Dismantling the patriarchy...one drink at a time! Thu, 02 May 2013 21:12:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wringer washing machine leads to black female inventor | Auction Finds http://lupecboston.com/2011/03/23/charlotte-smith-the-lady-edisons/#comment-2067 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:30:39 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=1635#comment-2067 [...] because she didn’t patent it. Instead, she sold her design to an agent for $18. She said in Woman Inventor magazine in 1891 that she sold it for one reason: “You know I am black and if it was known [...]

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