[HN Gopher] Mina Miller Edison
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Mina Miller Edison
Author : prismatic
Score : 21 points
Date : 2023-03-05 03:45 UTC (1 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com)
| Aloha wrote:
| This was posted two days ago -
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35022029
| dang wrote:
| On HN, reposts are fine if an article hasn't had significant
| attention yet.
|
| https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
| kwhitefoot wrote:
| > Still, he remained smooth enough to flirt in Morse code, even
| proposing by tapping out the question.
|
| Now that says something about Mina Miller and the education she
| received! At least it does if Edison didn't have to immediately
| explain what he was doing.
| mock-possum wrote:
| This post deserves a more appealing title - her name alone
| doesn't really tell users anything about the article's content.
|
| Something like "Mina Miller Edison, America's first Home
| Executive" or "Straddling An Era: the life of Edison's Partner &
| America's Home Executive, Mina Edison"
|
| (*I am not a copy writer)
| kwhitefoot wrote:
| > Mina Miller Edison, America's first Home Executive
|
| That doesn't tell me noticeably more than just her name does.
| It says that she was the first example of something I have
| never heard of.
|
| > Straddling An Era: the life of Edison's Partner & America's
| Home Executive, Mina Edison
|
| That's much better, it makes it clear that the Edison name is
| not merely a coincidence. At least it's better for me and I
| suspect that Edison the inventor is familiar to more people
| around he world than "Home Executive" whatever that is.
|
| Still, you have piqued my interest; now I'll try to find out
| what one is.
| mock-possum wrote:
| for sure - given that she invented/popularized the term, I
| think it's a fun hook to let people's curiosity about the
| meaning lead them to read the article - but there's probably
| a more masterful way of crafting that hook.
|
| > Straddling An Era: The Life of Iconic Inventor Thomas
| Edison's Steadfast Partner & America's First Self-Styled Home
| Executive, Mina Edison
|
| Too wordy.
|
| Shit you know what, maybe this is a job for ChatGPT - what if
| I just ask it to make my title shorter
|
| > "Straddling An Era: The Life of Mina Edison, Thomas
| Edison's Partner"
|
| No mention of Home Executive though. What if I just ask it to
| title the article?
|
| > "Mina Edison: The Brain Behind the Wizard of Menlo Park"
|
| Eh, but that kind of implies she was the one with the science
| smarts, not Edison - which isn't really what we're going for.
| I do kinda like the cheeky reference to Edison 'the wizard of
| menlo park' without explicitly mentioning _Thomas_ Edison.
|
| > "Beyond the Wizard: How Mina Edison Revolutionized the
| American Household"
|
| That's actually interesting. Still not perfect, but does seem
| like a 'better' title than just her name.
| triyambakam wrote:
| I showed this article to my wife, and she said: I think many
| people, especially now, would view her perspective as behind the
| times. But for women who do want to stay in the home, she's very
| inspiring. I choose to live as a home executive and it's the way
| that I am happiest.
| DoreenMichele wrote:
| She was significantly involved in the World War I version of the
| _Victory Garden_ which was apparently home food preservation and
| recipes for meatless and wheatless meals. This is a program I had
| not previously heard about but it helps explain why victory
| gardens did so well: it wasn 't the first time this type of model
| was used to help address shortages etc during a major conflict.
|
| For anyone interested in the history of women's work and
| household technology, I highly recommend the book _More work for
| mother._
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