Women Inventors
Create hair care products for black people
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
Born in Goldsboro, NC. He helped the Seattle Seahawks win the 2026 Super Bowl.
Who is Jarran Ried?
Name of the invention that relieves cough, cold, and congestion and is applied to the chest.
What is Vicks VapoRub?
Received the Army Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, Silver Star, and Presidential Unit Citation and the coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC bears his name.
Who is Lawrence Joel?
What does GHOE mean?
The Greatest Homecoming on Earth?
Creator of the folding cabinet bed.
Who is Sarah E. Goode?
The first black mayor of Greensboro, NC.
Who was Yvonne Johnson?
Nathaniel improved this invention to be used in crowded spaces like churches, schools, and auditoriums.
What is the folding chair?
Artist, sculptor, and Art Teacher whose imagery of President Franklin Roosevelt was used as a model to design the dime.
Who is Selma Burke?
A yearly jazz concert is held in High Point, NC in honor of this African American musician.
Who is John Coltrane?
Patented a natural gas-powered central heating furnace.
Who is Alice H. Parker?
He made bricks by hand and became known nationally and internationally.
Who is George Henry Black?
This invention is utilized as the foundation to removing wrinkles from clothes and making them look better once it's used.
What is the ironing board?
Born in N.Y. but reared in N.C. and is commonly known as the GOAT in basketball.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Ezell Blair, Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond.
Who are the Greensboro Four?
Her invention provides a treatment for cataract surgery.
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
The first black resident in Pediatrics at Wake Forest College and NC Baptist Hospital. Also, the first black pediatrician in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Who is Dr. Charlie Kennedy?
Without this invention firefighters' jobs would be a lot harder when going in and out of buildings.
What is a fire escape ladder?
Graduates of NC A&T State University that built a multimillion-dollar beauty industry.
Who are Eunice and Joe Dudley?
Which city and state is known for having the first segregated golf courses?
What is Greensboro, North Carolina
A New York nursed who invented the first closed-circuit television (CCTV) home security system.
Who is Marie Ban Brittan Brown?
World War II Tuskegee Airman born in Winston-Salen, NC. that earned the 3rd highest valor medal. Name the person and the medal earned.
Who is Spurgeon Ellington and what is the Distinguished Flying Cross?
Created a lubricating device that makes riding on trains or anything with wheels pleasant riding and what is the phase connected to the quality of a product based on inventions.
Who is Elijah McCoy and the phase: Is that the Real McCoy?
First African American to use the legal system to gain his freedom in 1820 after being illegally kidnapped and sole into slavery.
Who is Benjamin Benson?
Who was the inventor that created the famous toy that revolutionized the way kids play outside and what is the name of the toy.
Who is Lonnie Johnson and what is the Supersoaker?