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Madam C. J. Walker was the first female self-made millionaire in America. Born the daughter (and sister) of former slaves, her dream of a way to regrow hair led her to build a major business that lifted thousands out of poverty.
Source: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/100-amazing-facts/madam-walker-the-first-black-american-woman-to-be-a-self-made-millionaire/
Madam C. J. Walker was the first female self-made millionaire in America. Born the daughter (and sister) of former slaves, her dream of a way to regrow hair led her to build a major business that lifted thousands out of poverty.
Source: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/100-amazing-facts/madam-walker-the-first-black-american-woman-to-be-a-self-made-millionaire/
Madam Walker, the First Black American Woman to Be a Self-Made Millionaire | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross | PBS
Madam C.J. Walker, the first black millionairess in America, invented the world's first hair-straightening formula.Christina Knight (The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross)
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in reply to Chip_Unicorn • • •Patricia Bath was an American ophthalmologist and inventor. She created the Laserphaco Probe, a device for laser cataract surgery. From this invention and her five patents, she founded the American Institute for Prevention of Blindness. ( http://www.blindnessprevention.org/index.php )
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bath
American ophthalmologist and inventor (1942-2019)
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in reply to Chip_Unicorn • • •Marie Maynard Daly was a Ph.D. in chemistry who turned her intellect toward biology. She proved the relationship between cholesterol and heart blockage, and she deepened our knowledge of the relationship between sugars and our arteries.
https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/marie-maynard-daly
Marie Maynard Daly
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in reply to Chip_Unicorn • • •Mark Dean was one of the fathers of the IBM PC. His work helped create the color PC monitor, the ISA system bus (which ties together the system), and the first gigahertz chip. He is an IBM Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Engineers, and was inducted into the National Academy of Engineers.
https://www.biography.com/inventors/mark-dean
Mark Dean
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in reply to Chip_Unicorn • • •Romare Bearden created collages and collage-like paintings celebrating African Americans. He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design, and he received the National Medal of Arts.
https://beardenfoundation.org/art/
ART - Bearden Foundation
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in reply to Chip_Unicorn • • •Meta Faux Warrick Fuller was known as the sculptor of the African-American experience. A protégée of Auguste Rodin, she became famous in Paris before returning to the United States. Her sculptures often depicted racial injustice and societal traumas.
https://danforth.framingham.edu/exhibition/meta-fuller/
The Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Collection – Danforth
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in reply to Chip_Unicorn • • •Rear Admiral Marilyn Hughes Gaston created a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease, letting thousands live more normal lives. She was the first African American woman to direct a public health service bureau, and she has received the National Medical Association Scroll of Merit and the National Medical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Source: https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_124.html
Changing the Face of Medicine | Marilyn Hughes Gaston
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in reply to Chip_Unicorn • • •Leland Melvin is the only person to have both been drafted in the NFL and been an astronaut. But, frankly, he deserves perpetual fame for his official NASA photograph.
https://www.lelandmelvin.com/about.html
Leland Melvin
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