Things Invented by Black Women
16 Things That Simply Would Not Exist Without Black Women
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Black women know hair, people! In 1980, Theora Stephens was granted a patent for "a more efficient pressing and curling iron." There isn't much information available about Stephens, other than she was a black hairdresser who was apparently fed up enough with lackluster hair curling products that she decided to swoop in and save us all.