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Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsThe sewing machine was once thought to be an impossible invention. It was such a complicated contraption that it would take more than one inventor, with more than one good idea, to make it work. Each of these inventors,...
Liar, Bigamist, Brute: How Isaac Singer Liberated Women is an episode from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford by Pushkin Industries. The sewing machine was once thought to be an impossible invention. It was such a complicated contraption tha...
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The sewing machine was once thought to be an impossible invention. It was such a complicated contraption that it would take more than one inventor, with more than one good idea, to make it work. Each of these inventors, including the notorious Isaac Singer, wanted the credit (and the fortune that came with it) for themselves. And so began the sewing machine war: a mire of backstabbing, stealing and misogyny. See the show notes at timharford.com
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Liar, Bigamist, Brute: How Isaac Singer Liberated Women is an episode from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford by Pushkin Industries.
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