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Marjorie Joyner

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American businesswoman and hair care entrepreneur

United StatesScientistsLived 1896 to 1994 · aged 98
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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.

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Patent image of permanent wave machine invented in by Joyner, 1928.Patent image of permanent wave machine invented in by Joyner, 1928.2nd sheet of patent image of permanent wave machine, 1928.2nd sheet of patent image of permanent wave machine, 1928.

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2023National Inventors Hall of Fame

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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.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1896 to 1994 · aged 98
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