“Grants! Patrons! Yes, for men,” she said, fairly spitting the word. “Male scientists need only click their fingers and pots of money are made available to them because they are men and because they intend to put electricity to use in ways to benefit other men—ships and trains and public lighting. But explain to a man how much more useful it would be for a laundrymaid not to break her back over a mangle and see how quickly he buttons up his pockets. It is maddening.”
