According to the stereotype, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid isolation and then unveiled their discoveries to a marveling world.
For African American inventors, negotiating these racially stratified professional environments meant not only worki.
Most successful Inventors of this era, however, developed their ideas within the framework of industrial organizations that supported them and their experiments.
According to the stereotype, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid isolation and then unveiled their discoveries to a marveling world