Mothers of Invention Reprise

Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Patricia Bath are making history again as they become the first Black women inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 class. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, in honoring these women as they present a reprise of our episode on Black/African American inventors. The intersection of race and gender presents an interesting way to look at systemic racism in America, and the inventions, organizations, and movements impacted and made great by Black/African American women are a microcosm of the phenomenon.  Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

Citations

“Annie Malone: First African American Millionairess,” https://freemaninstitute.com/poro.htm
“Annie Turnbo Malone,” Maria Quintana, Black Past, December 20, 2009. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/annie-turnbo-malone-1869-1957/#:~:text=Walker.,ended%20in%20divorce%20as%20well.

Aaron Eugene Malone

“Racism and sexism in science haven’t disappeared,” Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American,  October 1, 2020,

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/racism-and-sexism-in-science-havent-disappeared/

“10 Black Women Innovators and the Awesome Things They Brought Us,” Lindsey Weedston, Yes!, March 21, 2016 https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2016/03/21/10-black-women-innovators-and-the-awesome-things-they-brought-us/

“Systemic Racism in the Sciences Requires Structural Solutions,”

Andrea Korte, American Association for the Advancement of Science,  October, 21, 2020 https://www.aaas.org/news/systemic-racism-sciences-requires-structural-solutions

“Who Was Annie Malone?,” Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader, April 24, 2018. https://chicagocrusader.com/who-was-annie-malone/