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Leila McNeill

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These Four Black Women Inventors Reimagined the Technology of the Home

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By Leila McNeill Verified
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
Women Who Shaped History A Smithsonian magazine special report By designating the realm of technology as ‘male,’ we overlook key inventions that took place in the domestic sphere In 1888, a woman named Sarah Goode applied for and was granted a patent in Chicago, Illinois. Goode had just conceptualized what she called the "cabinet-bed," a bed designed to fold out into a writing desk.
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Women Who Made Science History

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By Leila McNeill Verified, Sun Tzu, Graham Hancock, Jack Weatherford
| Audible Blog
Laura Bassi was once called a “monster”. And she was. She was a monster of intellect. In 1732, she became the first female doctor of philosophy at the University of Bologna. Her doctoral degree defense was a highly public event, attended by foreigners, clergy, professors, nobility, and onlookers—yet she was still forbidden from teaching at the university and was deliberately excluded from a prestigious group of academics within the Institute for Science.
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Missed Genius

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By Leila McNeill Verified, Rachel Gross
| BBC Verified
Many individuals from diverse backgrounds have shaped our understanding of life and the Universe, but their stories have gone untold - until now. At BBC Future, we are celebrating the "missed geniuses" who made the world what it is today.
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