Principal research for its nomination and designation was
done by Greg Lange.
He was assisted by Cynthia Rose,
who wrote the nomination and created the Web site.
Additional
research was carried out by Scott Kuhlman, Bryan Yeck and Steve
Sampson. Inspiration came from Gavin Stamp and help from:
Karen
Adair,
author of "Organized Women workers in Seattle, 1900-1918",
MA, University of Washington, 1990
Peter Liebhold, Specialist, History
of Technology, The National Museum of American History
(Smithsonian Institution)
Dr. Margaret Jane King, author
of "The Davy Crockett Craze: A Case Study in Popular Culture",
PhD. dissertation, American Studies, University of Hawaii,
1976, and a cofounder of Cultural
Studies & Analysis, a Philadelphia-based think tank that
decodes how consumers determine value in products, concepts,
and ideas.
Dr. Arwen Palmer Mohun, author
of "Women, Work & Technology: the Steam Laundry Industry
in the United States and Great Britain" (Case Western
Reserve University) and Steam Laundries (Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1999); University of Delaware
Charlene K. Roise, President
of Hess Roise Company,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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