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1 lut 2024 · Find out what groundbreaking organization Ida B. Wells helped to found, who the first Black woman in space was, and a host of other facts on notable figures in history including Maya Angelou,...
20 lut 2019 · Getty Images. Most people have heard about famous inventions like the light bulb, the cotton gin and the iPhone. But there are countless other, often overlooked inventions that make our daily...
10 Inventions By Black Women. 1. The Laserphoco Probe. Dr. Patricia Bath hit several milestones in her medical career. The opthalmologist was the first Black female physician to receive a medical patent and was the first Black woman to finish a residency in ophthalmology at New York University.
12 lut 2015 · Creative young women like Zora and Maddy are preceded by an older group of inventive women, and for Black History Month, we're highlighting African-American female inventors who...
9 sty 2021 · Born Sarah Breedlove, Madame C.J. Walker became the first Black woman millionaire by inventing a line of cosmetics and hair products aimed at Black consumers in the first decades of the 20th century. Walker pioneered the use of female sales agents, who traveled door to door across the U.S. and Caribbean selling her products.
7 lut 2017 · The same goes for Mariam E. Benjamin, Sarah Boone and Ellen Elgin—all 19th century African-American women who successfully gained patents in the face of seemingly insurmountable...
27 wrz 2021 · Engineer Marian Croak (left) and ophthalmologist Patricia Bath are the first Black women to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in its nearly 50-year history.
