From the hair brush, ironing board, dough kneader and roller to the heating furnace and the folding bed, female African American inventors are often overlooked.
She came up with a solution for working-class folks living in single-room housing. The precursor to the Murphy bed, her folding cabinet bed became a phenomenon.
She went from the cotton fields of Louisiana to become the first self-made female millionaire of any race by creating the first Black haircare products.
Frontline workers in West Michigan have been working night and day during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many restaurants and businesses are stepping up to thank them for their hard work and dedication to the community.
"It’s getting to the point now that we’re gonna be just like Italy," according to an Instagram video from Mary Macdonald, an ER nurse in Oakland County.