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Henrietta M. Bradberry

1903 - 1979
Inventor
USA USA

Personal Information

Born: 1903

Died: 1979

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Education

completed a secondary education

"None found"

— Henrietta M. Bradberry

Professional Life

Field of Study: Inventor

Institution/Corporation: None found

Degrees & Memberships: None found

Awards & Achievements

Awards: None found

Achievements: two inventions, the bed rack allowed people to expose their worn bedclothes to fresh air and torpedo discharge mechanism was a highly technical device requiring extensive submarine operations knowledge &a complicated pneumatically-operated device that allowed the firing of torpedoes below the water’s surface;

her bed rack was made collapsible by providing a pedal that would rise and lower the rack for proper use

she was born in Kentucky & moved to Chicago at some point

she was a housewife who had lots of time to invent things & try them out