historic things
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Sarah E. Goode/Patricia Bath/Janet Emerson Bashen
First African-American woman to obtain a patent Sarah Goode was born a slave in 1850. She moved to Chicago after the Civil War and owned a furniture store. Her invention, a cabinet bed (known to us as a hideaway bed), was granted patent #322,177 on July 14, 1885. Opthamologist/Inventor/Laser Scientist Dr. Patricia Era Bath was… Read more
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Dr. Jane Cooke Wright
Physician, Educator, Cancer Research Specialist Jane Cooke Wright was born November 30, 1919 in New York City. Her father, Dr. Louis Wright, was one of the first African American graduates of Harvard Medical School. After she graduated with honors from New York Medical college, interned at Bellevue Hospital and completed her residency at Harlem Hospital,… Read more
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This flashback brought to you by Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama is on the cover of Vogue. In a dress she chose. Let’s not celebrate that. Let’s get onry because she chooses to straighten her hair. Or suggest she rock a natural because some of us feel we need her to prop up our hair cause. Be strong in yours. If you are natural,… Read more
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Dr. Jewell Plummer Cobb
Scientist(Cell Biology, Physiology)/Educator Dr. Jewell Plummer Cobb was born January 17, 1924 in Chicago and is known for her important cell research on melanin (how it protects the skin from ultraviolet damage and the difference between normal and cancerous cells) . Her studies of the effects of chemotherapeutic drugs made her one of the leading… Read more
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