April 19, 2024
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Electricity Makes Women Free
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Coffee-makers, blenders, mixers, can-openers, toasters, juicers, ranges and refrigerators. How could we live without these appliances? We could, but life has been so easy since electricity came into America’s kitchens. Nearly a century ago, Westinghouse Electric boasted that “electricity makes women free.” It does a great deal for men, too!
Past Article
The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and LA MATIN, a sister newspaper in Paris. The torturous New York to Paris route crossed three continents and amounted to over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The Thomas Flyer Team of Buffalo, New York won with a comfortable margin of 26 days. The feat has never been equaled. The Thomas Team will hold this world record forever. It was retired in 2008; 100 years after the race ended.