Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation
Object Details
- General
- 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.
- Collection Creator
- Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
- Collection Interviewee
- Swanson, Jackie
- Swanson, Janese
- See more items in
- Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation and Oral History
- Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation and Oral History / Series 3: Reference Videos (viewing copies)
- Date
- 1998 March 25
- Container
- Box 4, Video RV 642.1
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Moving Images
- Collection Citation
- Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation and Interview, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Copies of oral history releases on file.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but the original videos are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511608645-1503511608649-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0