FEBRUARY 23, 2024

AFRICAN AMERICAN
INVENTORS
Desiree Frost-Johnson
Desiree Frost-Johnson

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 PATRICIA BATH
PATRICIA ERA BATH, AN AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGIST AND HUMANITARIAN, WAS A
GROUNDBREAKING FIGURE IN MEDICINE. SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN FEMALE DOCTOR TO SECURE A MEDICAL PATENT. PATRICIA DEDICATED HER
LIFE TO DELIVERING HEALTHCARE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND PLAYED A
PIVOTAL ROLE IN COMBATING PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS. HER INNOVATIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY HAVE HAD A LASTING INFLUENCE, MOTIVATING
FUTURE GENERATIONS OF DOCTORS TO UPHOLD HER LEGACY OF EMPATHY AND
EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE. PATRICIA ERA BATH'S EXTRAORDINARY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE WIDELY RECOGNIZED AND REVERED GLOBALLY FOR HER
PIONEERING EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING HEALTHCARE FOR ALL.

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 Madam C.
Madam C. J.
J. Walker
Walker
MADAM CJ WALKER WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST, AND
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST. SHE IS RECORDED AS THE FIRST FEMALE SELF-MADE
MILLIONAIRE IN AMERICA. SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 23, 1867, IN DELTA, LOUISIANA,
AND PASSED AWAY ON MAY 25, 1919, AT THE AGE OF 51 IN IRVINGTON, NEW YORK. MADAM
SHE CREATED THE WORLD'S FIRST HAIR-STRAIGHTENING FORMULA. HER INVENTIONS
INCLUDED A HAIR GROWER, OIL, AND HOT COMBS AS PART OF HER "WALKER SYSTEM" FOR
HEALTHIER HAIR.
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
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