Comments for http://women-in-technological-history.net Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Need inputs for bibliography by jytte http://women-in-technological-history.net/2008/05/need-inputs-for-bibliography/comment-page-1/#comment-6 jytte Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:34:58 +0000 http://www.women-in-technological-history.net/archives/33#comment-6 Olsen, Bodil & Thorndahl, Jytte: Da danske hjem blev elektriske 1900-2000. Kvindemuseet og Elmuseet. Denmark. 2004. (Book in Danish with an English summary) Olsen, Bodil & Thorndahl, Jytte: Da danske hjem blev elektriske 1900-2000. Kvindemuseet og Elmuseet. Denmark. 2004. (Book in Danish with an English summary)

]]> Comment on Do you know the source of the name "murgatroyd" for MIT female students in 1940s? by melanie http://women-in-technological-history.net/2008/01/do-you-know-the-source-of-the-name-murgatroyd-for-mit-female-students-in-1940s/comment-page-1/#comment-2 melanie Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:51:44 +0000 http://www.women-in-technological-history.net/archives/30#comment-2 My wonderful assistant Ariel Weinberg has supplied this response to Heather Prescott's query: "Murgatroyd, the Sweetheart of '38" first appeared as a cartoon in a 1938 issue of VooDoo (as reported in the Feb. 18th 1938 Tech), and made frequent appearances in the magazine until her death was reported in the October 25, 1946 issue of the Tech ("Murgatroyd capat -- for good, the Tech reporter was told yesterday when he ventured into the VooDoo office"). I suspect the name was used elsewhere however. VooDoo is an MIT student humor magazine. See the MIT Archives piece for additional background: http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/voodoo/ as well as the magazine's own webpage: http://web.mit.edu/voodoo/www/voodoo.html. ( Cheers, Debbie Douglas My wonderful assistant Ariel Weinberg has supplied this response to Heather Prescott’s query:

“Murgatroyd, the Sweetheart of ’38″ first appeared as a cartoon in a 1938 issue of VooDoo (as reported in the Feb. 18th 1938 Tech), and made frequent appearances in the magazine until her death was reported in the October 25, 1946 issue of the Tech (“Murgatroyd capat — for good, the Tech reporter was told yesterday when he ventured into the VooDoo office”).

I suspect the name was used elsewhere however. VooDoo is an MIT student humor magazine. See the MIT Archives piece for additional background: http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/voodoo/ as well as the magazine’s own webpage: http://web.mit.edu/voodoo/www/voodoo.html. (

Cheers,
Debbie Douglas

]]> Comment on Do you know the source of the name "murgatroyd" for MIT female students in 1940s? by melanie http://women-in-technological-history.net/2008/01/do-you-know-the-source-of-the-name-murgatroyd-for-mit-female-students-in-1940s/comment-page-1/#comment-3 melanie Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:44:01 +0000 http://www.women-in-technological-history.net/archives/30#comment-3 Snagglepuss used to say it when i watched cartoons in the 60s. Here http://www.toonopedia.com/snaggle.htm they say the source of that is the 1944 movie "Meet the People." Snagglepuss used to say it when i watched cartoons in the 60s. Here http://www.toonopedia.com/snaggle.htm they say the source of that is the 1944 movie “Meet the People.”

]]> Comment on Link to mystery tool- by diane.menghetti http://women-in-technological-history.net/2008/03/link-to-mystery-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-4 diane.menghetti Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:41:10 +0000 http://www.women-in-technological-history.net/archives/28#comment-4 Here in Townsville we believe this to be a home-made craft tool. If small, probably for poker work. If big enough to hold between the knees - probably basket work. Di Here in Townsville we believe this to be a home-made craft tool. If small, probably for poker work. If big enough to hold between the knees – probably basket work.

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