African Americans and Science
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Boone, Sarah, 1832–1904
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Sarah Boone (1832–1904) was an African American inventor who on April 26, 1892, obtained United States patent rights for her improvements to the ironing board. Boone's ironing board was designed to improve the quality of ironing sleeves and the bodies of women's garments. The board was very narrow, curved, and made of wood. The shape and structure allowed it to fit a sleeve and it was reversible, so one could iron both sides of the sleeve...
Bouchet, Edward Alexander, 1852-1918
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Edward Alexander Bouchet (b. September 15, 1852, New Haven, Connecticut–d. October 28, 1918, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American physicist and educator. He was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university, completing his dissertation in physics at Yale in 1876....
