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Theora Stephens is an American hairdresser [1] widely credited with a 1980 patent for "a more efficient pressing and curling iron." [2] Another source says Stephens “created the pressing/ curling iron in 1983.“ [3]

References

  1. ^ "Great African-American Inventors". BET. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History. Victoria Sherrow (ed.). 2006. p.  189. ISBN  0313331456.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link)
  3. ^ "9 Black Female Inventors". Her Campus. University of Albany. Retrieved 8 February 2018.