Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation
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content: Total Running Time: 1:00:08, Camera A

Martha Morris, National Museum of American History deputy director, provides opening remarks for the 13th Innovative Lives program and introduces Swanson. Swanson discusses how her desire to introduce technology to girls led her to create the company, Girl Tech. She notes that parents purchase technology twice as much for boys than girls. Presentation includes demonstration of Girl Tech website and search engine. Assisted by her eleven-year-old daughter, Jackie, Swanson reviews various toys and games geared toward young women and describes how her inventions differ. Answers questions from students.
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content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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content: Swanson, Jackie
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content: Swanson, Janese
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content: Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation and Oral History
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content: Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation and Oral History / Series 3: Reference Videos (viewing copies)
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content: 1998 March 25
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content: Box 4, Video RV 642.1
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Moving Images