Black Women Inventors

She was an ophthalmologist and patient invented a new device and technique for cataract surgery.

• Dr. Patrica Bath

• Miriam Benjamin

• Sarah Goode

She invented the home security system and modern surveillance.

• Marie van Brittan brown

• Marjorie Steward Joyner

• Judy Reed

She invented the signal chair and is the 2nd African-American woman to have a patent.

• Alice H Parker

• Sarah Boone

• Miriam Benjamin

She was the first African-American women to have a patient with her invention of the folding cabinet bed.

• Miriam Benjamin

• Patricia Bath

• Sarah Goode

She invented and patented the perfect wave machine and scalp protector.

• Judy Reed

• Alice H Parker

• Marjorie Stewart Joyner

She invented the Dough kneader & Roller. It is believed that she signed “X” to her name because she could not spell her name.

• Judy Reed

• Lyda Newman

• Sarah Boone

She improved and received a patient for the ironing board

• Judy Reed

• Patrica Bath

• Sarah Boone

She invented the clothes wringer received a patient then sold to a white entrepreneur who mass produced the product.

• Ellen Eglin

• Miriam Benjamin

• Sarah Goode

She reinvented the hairbrush and received a patent.

• Alice H Parker

• Lyda Newman

• Linda Eglin

She invented the central heating system with natural gas which reduced the risk for housefires she later received a patent for this product.

• Sarah Boone

• Alice H Parker

• Marie Van Brittany Brown