# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marjorie-joyner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:55:37.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marjorie-joyner"
name: "Marjorie Joyner"
slug: "marjorie-joyner"
description: "Marjorie Joyner was an American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, and activist. Joyner is noted for being the first African-American woman to create and patent a permanent hair-wave machine. In addition to her career in hair care, Joyner was highly visible in the African-American community in Chicago, once serving as head of the Chicago Defender Charity network, helping organize the Bud Billiken Day Parade and fundraiser for various schools."
tagline: "American businesswoman and hair care entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marjorie_S._Joyner_-_students_-_Madame_Walker_Beauty_School%2C_1925_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1896-10-24"
deathDate: "1994-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42
  momentum:             2.025641025641026
  historical:           4.616884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Joyner"
    title: "Marjorie Joyner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Joyner"
    title: "Marjorie Joyner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Joyner"
    title: "Marjorie Joyner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Joyner"
    title: "Marjorie Joyner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marjorie_Joyner"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6766291"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump