Maureen Ogle
Maureen Ogle is a historian and has a a Masters and Ph.D. in American history, both from the History of Technology and Science Program at the Department of History at Iowa State University. Focus: technology, specifically urban America.
Her "tenure book" was All the Modern Conveniences: American Household Plumbing, 1840-1890 and she has been an independent writer not affiliated with an academic institution since 1999.
Source: maureenogle.com