Innovations

with Bruce Heezen published first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor in 1977; her cartography revealed a more detailed topography and multi-dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom; her map of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge & its rift valley helped proved the theory of plate tectonics & continental drift; with Heezen produced the Bathymetric Globe; 1957 with Heezen published 1st physiographic map of the North Atlantic; 1961 published map of the South Atlantic Ocean; 1964 published map of the Indian Ocean

The network, which was named Black Entertainment Television (BET), launched on January 25, 1980.[5] Cheryl D. Miller designed the logo that would represent the network, which featured a star to symbolize "Black Star Power".[6][7]

one of the first women to create, write, produce, and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her radio serial comedy-drama The Rise of the Goldbergs (1929); the name of the show was later changed to The Goldbergs; published a best-selling memoir, Molly and Me, in 1961; "The Goldbergs" was one of the first programs to eschew sound "effects" in favor of the real thing, like running water and frying bacon; wrote The Molly Goldberg Cookbook (1955); is considered by some to be the Mother of the Sitcom;

Invented Apparatus for holding yarn skeins

age 14 invented magnetic locker wallpaper so she could decorate her school locker & not have to scrape things off at the end of the year

2001 twin sisters Kelli and Vanessa invented a remote control locator; 2003 with Kelli founded National Online Makeup Artists (NOMA); 2008 NOMA Beauty Magazine was launched through NOMA; 2013 with Kelli wrote Makeup Dunn Right: How to Master Your Makeup;

co-founder of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's television Workshop or CTW); crated Sesame Street, Electric Company, 3-2-1 contact, Square One TV, Ghostwriter, CRO, Big Bag, Dragon Tales, Sagwa the Chinese Cat, Pinky Dinky Doo; has 205 Emmy awards, 10 Grammy Award, 5 George foster Peabody Awards including an Institutional Peabody

recorded the burgeoning suffragette movement in the early 1900s; appointed official photographer to the Household Division from 1904 to 1939 and had a darkroom in the Chelsea Barracks; her photographs encouraged military recruitment; 1908 was permitted to work in the grounds of Buckingham Palace and to photograph the king and queen; was unusual because she worked on the street rather than in the studio;

* Baca’s public artworks focus on revealing and reconciling diverse peoples’ struggles and affirm the connections of each community to that place * Studied muralism at La Tallera in Cuernavaca, Mexico * Wanted to make art that was accessible beyond the constraints of the gallery and the museum, on the streets and walls of the community * 1970 used rival gang members in her murals to bring the community together * In her mural Raspados Mojados used a street vendor cart to address immigration issues and the misrepresentations of Mexicans living in the United States * Always sought to include community in her artistic processes.

Under the pseudonym E.B. Miriam composed musical pieces, including songs & marches for piano & band; "Boston Elite Quickstep" was reportedly performed by Sousa's band & another of her compositions was used by Theodore Roosevelt's presidential campaign in 1904.

* Prescod-Weinstein worked on “Physics: A Reconstruction of Observers" seeking to answer questions regarding how to re-frame who is an "observer" * Study of cultures existing outside of the European Enlightenment framework, and how that might change knowledge production in science * Also studies the origin & history of the Universe.

* Randall’s research postulates that there are more than 4 dimensions * Contributed to the Randall-Sundrum model with Raman Sundrum * Describes the world in terms of a warped-geometry higher-dimensional universe * works toward understanding & building models of the Standard Model of particle physics supersymmetry.

Mary was the more prolific inventor of the two, securing five patents between 1956 and 1987. She patented an early incarnation of the sanitary napkin by fashioning the device with a belt. She also invented a toilet paper holder, and a mounted back scrubber and washer for showers.

In 1948 Eleanor Abbott designed the board game Candy Land, while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. The game was made for and tested by the children in the same wards on the hospital. The children suggested that Abbott submit the game to Milton Bradley Company. The game was bought by Milton Bradley and first published in 1949.