Category: Women in Repair | Page 3

Learn about some of the incredible women from around the world who repair their devices.

Remembering Delia: Repair Champion, Storyteller, Friend

Delia, along with her team—that she lovingly dubbed her “adopted aunts”—repaired thousands of garments every single year. Delia believed in repair. She saw the value in each piece of clothing…

September 8, 2014

by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit

Fixers

Fixers in Focus: Bonnie Brownstein’s Story

The thousands of stories our members have told us over the years only confirm, to us, just how powerful repair can be. It’s empowering, explorative, and restorative. In an effort…

August 11, 2014

by Julia Bluff

Repair Stories

The Young Women of St. Joseph’s Academy

A group of young female students sit around a table, laughing and talking. But they’re not discussing school, boys, or music. Instead, they’re talking how to replace a dead hard…

June 30, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

GoldieBlox for the Win

During one of the most anticipated evenings of (male-centric) American sports, little girls everywhere stood up and demanded attention. GoldieBlox—a start-up company that designs engineering toys for girls—won Intuit's Small…

February 4, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

The Death of the Princess

“Girls—to build a spaceship. Girls—to code the new app. Girls—to grow up knowing that they can engineer that.” And thus, came the new feminist anthem that rang across the internet.…

January 29, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

What’s Your Fixophobia?

Since I announced to the world that I’m a Female Fixoholic back in September, my inbox has been pretty full. Apparently, people think I’m a repair expert. I don’t know…

January 21, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith

Repair Stories

Let Boys Be Boys: Confessions of a Female Fixoholic

Alright, so I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. But you gotta promise you won’t tell my fellow iFixiters. I’m not a fixer. I don’t fix my computer…

September 3, 2013

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

Women in Repair: Rosie the Repairer

We’ve all seen Rosie the Riveter: blue coveralls, red polka-dotted bandanna, biceps blazing. Rosie is a cultural icon, used to mobilize women into manufacturing during World War II. But sixty…

October 21, 2012

by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit

Fixers

Women in Computers: Don’t You Know that Grandma’s the Fix-It Girl?

Jodi Spangler has worked a lot of interesting jobs. She climbed telephone poles for a while in Michigan (until she fell off a pole from twelve feet in the air).…

March 9, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit