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Patent Drawings from Black Women Inventors

Now through Fri, June 13, 2025 5:00 P.M. Add to your calendar
Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library

 

This display features enlarged patent drawings from the inventions of Black women. Spanning from 1884 to 1996, they highlight the ways in which these women’s ingenuity has contributed to the technology of our world. For a closer look at these patents and more, go to the BRIC front desk for a look at the book African American Women Inventors by Frank H. Schaller.

For more information about our Patent and Trademark Resource Center, please follow this link: https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/bric/patents-trademarks/

Interested in a group tour or school visit? Please email Curator of Exhibitions Suzanna Urminska at urminskas@freelibrary.org to schedule and for additional information on exhibition opportunities. 

Special thanks to BRIC staff Lonnie Johnson and Jordan Cazden for their contributions.

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  • Women's History Month

Business Resource and Innovation Center
Ground Floor
215-686-8663

Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
1-833-TALK FLP (825-5357)

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Patent Drawings from Black Women Inventors

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Friday, June 13, 2025
5:00 P.M.
Patent Drawings from Black Women Inventors | Parkway Central Library
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4:00 P.M.
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