Women's History Month

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  1. 2. was an American writer, nurse, physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist.
  2. 5. as an African-American inventor who invented a type of clothes wringer for washing machines.
  3. 7. the first African-American to earn a postgraduate degree in physics
  4. 9. an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980.
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  1. 1. as an American nurse and innovator. In 1966, she invented a video home security system along with her husband Albert Brown
  2. 2. as an American chemist who developed the "Ball Method", the most effective treatment for leprosy during the early 20th century.
  3. 3. was a hairdresser and inventor who was also an activist for women's suffrage.
  4. 4. She is the first African American woman to travel in space
  5. 6. She developed the animation used to create GIFs,
  6. 8. was an ophthalmologist and was the first African American woman to complete a residency in ophthalmology.