Rachel Maines

Rachel Pearl Maines (born July 8, 1950) is an American scholar specializing in the history of technology. Since 2015 she has been a visiting scientist at Cornell University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her book ''The Technology of Orgasm'' won the American Historical Association's Herbert Feis Award. The book was also the inspiration for the film ''Hysteria'' and the play ''In the Next Room''. However, one of the main claims of the book has been debunked as false. Provided by Wikipedia