Angela Reddix often asks people if they’ve heard of Black women whose inventions and ideas changed society. Often, the answer is “no.”
In the 1950’s, for example, Mary Beatrice Davison Kenner revolutionized menstrual hygiene when she patented the adjustable sanitary belt before the adhesive sanitary pad was invented.
Marian Croak has over 200 patents, including for Voice over Internet Protocol – or VoIP – technologies, which transformed how people communicate. And Sarah Goode patented the folding cabinet bed in 1885, Reddix said…