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The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]
Molly Baz, Alison Roman, Sophia Roe, Missy Robbins, Mariya Moore-Russell, Samin Nosrat, Tootsie Tomanetz, and Valerie Chang are among those shaping the culinary world.
Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [ 1 ] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [ 1 ]
Lynch grew up in South Boston during the era of desegregation busing.She was the youngest of six children raised by a single mother. [3] At 13, she stole an MBTA bus. [3]That same year, she got her first kitchen job — making meals for the priests in the rectory of the church across from her family's home. [3]
With environmentally sound practices and healthy eating initiatives, the world of food is continually transitioning. Women have played a particularly large role in these changes throughout history ...
Whether you're craving healthy, gourmet snacks or a pint of to-die-for ice cream, check out these incredible women-led food brands. The post Women in Food: 8 Brands We Love appeared first on Taste ...
Beulah Louise Henry was born on September 28, 1887 in Raleigh, North Carolina, [2] [3] the daughter of Walter R. and Beulah Henry. She was the granddaughter of former North Carolina Governor W. W. Holden and a direct descendant of President Benjamin Harrison and Patrick Henry.
Environmentalist Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an impressive feat in and of itself.What's even more admirable was her work in science, a field in which women faced many obstacles, as well as the time she spent getting her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT– well, almost.