Janese Swanson Innovative Lives Presentation and Interview
Object Details
- General
- Total Running Time 54:02, Camera A Continuation of presentation that begins on 642.1. Swanson provides advice for girls interested in becoming inventors. Outlines how her background and experience as a school teacher and flight attendant contributed to the creation of "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" Responding to questions, Swanson discusses the development of her ideas and the freedom that comes from creating. In the second presentation, Swanson discusses growing up as one of six children. Her daughter, Jackie, discusses "Take Your Daughter to Work" Day. Swanson shows advertisements and encourages discussion. Through education, she discovered that there are more differences among girls than between girls and boys. Disappointed in the way in which toy companies have marketed to girls, she created her company, Girl Tech.
- 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 642.2
- 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-1503511608645-1503511608649-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0