Mina Miller Edison Was Much More Than the Wife of the ‘Wizard of Menlo Park’
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Image caption: Mina’s goal was to keep the home—and women—central in modern society. Building on the home economists who came before her, she sought to define women’s work as work rather than a vague, idealized calling. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Newspapers.com, Wikimedia Commons under public domain. Article by Katherine Hobbs. Smithsonian Magazine – March 3, 2023.
Mina Miller Edison managed a large estate, ran countless charities, raised six children, had an encyclopedic knowledge of birds, and dedicated herself to the theory and practice of women’s labor. Her husband’s achievements were similarly wide-ranging: He was the inventor Thomas Edison, pioneer of incandescent light, holder of 1,093 patents, architect of America’s technological transformation and a notorious workaholic. Yet few know the story of the other workaholic Edison […]
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