10 Black Women Innovators and the Awesome Things They Brought Us
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By Lindsey Weedston, YES Magazine
From a better hairbrush to modern 3D technology, ten things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women.
[In honor of Black History Month,} …here are ten awesome things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women:
1. Everything good about your phone — Dr. Shirley Jackson…
2. The heater — Alice H. Parker…
3. Space-saving furniture — Sarah Goode…
4. Home security — Marie Van Brittan Brown…
5. Rock and roll — Sister Rosetta Tharpe…
6. A good hairbrush — Lyda D. Newman…
7. Downtown Los Angeles — Bridget “Biddy” Mason…
8. A better menstrual pad — Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner…
9. 3D movies — Valerie L. Thomas…
10. Better eyesight — Dr. Patricia Bath.
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