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Rusty Brown by Chris Ware review – a treasure trove of invention

It begins in Omaha, Nebraska, on a snowy weekday in 1975. The title character, a put-upon eight-year-old schoolboy convinced he is endowed with extraordinary powers of hearing, occupies our attention …
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The feminist story behind the invention of the brown paper bag

Behind the humble brown paper bag lies an unexpected case study of gender politics. The American inventor Margaret Knight left school at around the age of ten to work in a cotton mill in New England. After she witnessed a factory worker injured by a loose …
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Book review: “Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman,” by Brooke Hauser

When I was a teenager, I would always perk up when a talk-show host announced that he was about to introduce a woman who knew a lot about sex. This was back when information on the subject was still hard to come by, so the prospect of some ravishing, free …
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