Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Eli Whitney
Standard Name: Whitney, Eli
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1794: The patent obtained by American Eli Whitney...
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1794
The patent obtained by American Eli Whitney
for the recently-developed mechanical cotton gin (or ginny) made no mention of Catharine Littlefield Greene
. She had initiated, funded, and collaborated on the invention; it helped fuel...
