Who Invented the Straightening Comb

In 1905 Madame Walker invented her hair softener and a special straightening comb

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Madam Walker's original products were a vegetable shampoo and an ointment that healed scalp disease. Although many people associate her with straightening hair, her primary goal was to improve hygiene and to help black women heal severe dan...

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Madamn C. J. Walker

Sarah developed a new treatment for straightening hair. Before this time, African American women who wanted to de-kink their hair had to place it on a flat surface and press it with a flat iron. She invented her hair softener and a special straightening comb.

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Youth Radio

But Madam did popularize the use of the straightening comb among black women; she wasn't the only one who used it. But she thought it was an improvement over some of the other methods that black women were using to straighten their hair.

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CNN - Black History Month

In 1905, Walker invented and patented a straightening comb which, when heated and used with her patented pomade, transformed many women's hair into a shining, smooth mane. In 1906, she married Charles J. Walker, and was known thereafter as Madame C.J. Walker.

www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/29days.html

Hot comb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A hot comb is a metal comb that is used to straighten curly or coarse hair. The comb is preheated before use, then carefully combed through the hair while still hot. Hot combs can also be used for m...
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Black History Quiz

1. Who invented the automatic traffic signal and the gas mask? ... 2. Who invented the first wooden clock and wrote the first American Almanac? ... 62. Who invented the straightening comb?

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From Rags to Riches (May 2001) - Library of Congress Information

After nearly 30 years of research, much of it at the Library, award-winning journalist, television producer and author A'Lelia Bundles has written a ... that Walker invented the straightening comb (she did not); and that Walker was a millionaire (Bundles estimates Walker's actual wealth between $600,000 and $700,000).

www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0105/glorifying_womanhood.html

Madame CJ Walker - The Life of Beauty Mogel Madame Walker

An employee of Madame CJ Walker’s empire, Marjorie Joyner invented an improved permanent wave machine. This device patented in 1928, curled or "permed" women’s hair for a relatively lengthy period of time. The wave machine was popular among women white and black allowing for longer-lasting wavy hair styles.

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Madam CJ Walker - The Official Web Site

An account of the life of an entrepreneur, who rose from the cotton fields of the South to become a successful self-made American businesswoman. [Created by her great-great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles ... Events & Speeches About ; Madam C.J. Walker ... ; A'Lelia Bundles, Madam Walker's great-great-granddaughter and biographer...

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