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Selected Articles

“Lightning Rods and the Commodification of Risk in Nineteenth-Century America” in Taming the Electric Fire, edited by Oliver Hochadel and Peter Heering, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2009.

“On the Frontier of the Empire of Chance: Statistics, Accidents, and Risk in Industrializing America” Science in Context 8(September 2005): 337-357.

“Designed for Thrills and Safety: Gender, Technology, and the Commodification of Risk in the Amusement Park Industry,” Journal of Design History 14 (Fall 2001): 291-306.

"Laundrymen Construct Their World," Technology and Culture 38(January 1997): 97-120.

"Versatile Tools: Gender Analysis and the History of Technology," with Nina Lerman and Ruth Oldenziel, Technology and Culture 38(January 1997): 1-8.

"The Shoulders We Stand On, The View from Here: Historiography and Directions for Research," with Nina Lerman and Ruth Oldenziel, Technology and Culture 38(January 1997): 9-30.

"Why Mrs. Harisson Never Learned to Iron: Gender, Skill, and Mechanization in the Steam Laundry Industry," Gender and History 8(Spring 1996): 231-251.

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