Liar, Bigamist, Brute: How Isaac Singer Liberated Women
From Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Published 1/9/2026
The sewing machine was once thought to be an impossible invention. It was such a complicated contraption that it would take more than one inventor, with more than one good idea, to make it work. Each of these inventors, including the notorious Isaac Singer, wanted the credit (and the fortune that…
