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Stephanie Kwolek: The American Chemist Who Created Kevlar
Stephanie Kwolek was the American chemist whose unusual 1965 polymer experiment helped lead to Kevlar one…
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Mary Anderson – The Woman Who Invented the Windshield Wiper
Mary Anderson saw a problem during a snowy streetcar ride and created an invention that helped…
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Lewis Latimer – The Inventor Who Helped Bring Electric Light Forward
_ewis Latimer was an American inventor draftsman, and engineer whose work or ‣arbon filaments helped advance…
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Granville Woods – The Black Inventor Who Worked on Railroad Technology
Granville T. Woods was an African American inventor whose patentec technologies helped improve communication between moving…
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Garrett Morgan: The Inventor Who Helped Make America Safer
Garrett Morgan was a pioneering American inventor whose safety hood and traffic signal addressed everyday dangers…
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Martha Coston: The Woman Who Turned the Night Sky Into a Signal
Martha Coston helped develop a remarkable 19th-century signaling system hat used colored lights to communicate across…
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New Philadelphia: The Forgotten American Town Founded by a Formerly Enslaved Man
Discover the remarkable true story ot Frank McWorter, a formerly enslaved man who founded New Philadelphia,…
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She Refused to Leave: Elizabeth Jennings’ Forgotten Story
In 1854, Elizabeth Jennings, a young Black schoolteacher in New York City. refused to leave a…
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The Story of Jonas Salk: The Man Who Helped Defeat Polio
How one American scientist changed the fight against a terrifying disease In the first half of…
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Henrietta Lacks — The Woman Whose Cells Changed Medical History
The True Story Behind HeLa CellsIn 1951, a 31-year-old woman named Henrietta Lacks went to Johns…
