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Female inventors: Lyda D. Newman
Lyda Newman was born in Ohio around 1885. A hairdresser by trade, Newman lived much of her adult life in New York City. While she was not the original inventor of the hair brush, Lyda Newman’s improvements to the brush made her a significant contributor to its evolution. Granted a patent for her invention in 1898, brush … Continue reading
Female inventors: Marie Van Brittan Brown
Marie Van Brittan Brown was an African-American inventor, becoming the originator of the home security system in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown, a patent was granted in 1969. Brown’s system had a set of four peep-holes and a camera that could slide up and down to look at each one. Anything and everything the camera picked … Continue reading
#WCW : Dr Nokwe Themba Mtshali-Hadebe
“As black people, as black women, we’re not seen as good enough. We need to do that much extra to prove ourselves.” Continue reading
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