Rachel Maines

Rachel Pearl Maines
Born (1950-07-08) July 8, 1950 (age 74)[1]
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education
Known forWritings on the history of technology

Rachel Pearl Maines (born July 8, 1950) is an American scholar specializing in the history of technology. Since 2015 she has been a visiting scientist at Cornell University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her book The Technology of Orgasm won the American Historical Association's Herbert Feis Award. The book was also the inspiration for the film Hysteria and the play In the Next Room.[2] However, one of the main claims of the book has been debunked as false.[3]

  1. ^ CV of Rachel P. Maines
  2. ^ Cornell University Faculty Profile for Rachel P. Maines
  3. ^ Lieberman, Hallie (January 23, 2020). "(Almost) Everything You Know About the Invention of the Vibrator Is Wrong". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2020.