STEM – Inventors
Frederick Douglas Patterson (1871-1932)
Frederick Douglas Patterson was the first African American to build motorized cars. His father, Charles Rich Patterson, a former enslaved...
Ellen Eglin (1849- ?)
In the late 1800s, Ellen Eglin revolutionized the chore of laundry with the invention of the clothes wringer and, in...
Anna Mangin (1854- ?)
Anna Mangin is best known for inventing the pastry fork, a precursor of many modern electric mixing inventions. Born in...
Henry E. Baker (1857-1928)
Born on September 1, 1857 in Columbus, Mississippi, Henry E. Baker was remarkable for being the first author to explore...
Madeline M. Turner (? – ?)
Madeline M. Turner is the inventor of Turner’s Fruit-Press (the original blueprint/ design on which all modern juicers are based)....
Lyda Newman (1885- ?)
Inventor and women’s rights advocate Lyda Newman is best known for a newly-designed hairbrush patent and her effort to fight...
Mary Kenner (1912-2006)
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner is an inventor of numerous products we use today and has the most patents of any...
Lewis Temple (1800-1854)
The invention of the fluted or barbed harpoon, which revolutionized the whaling industry, was the brainchild of Lewis Temple, an...
George Crum (1824-1914)
George Speck, later known as George Crum and long thought to be the inventor of the potato chip, was born...
