Theora Stephens is an American hairdresser[1] widely credited with a 1980 patent for "a more efficient pressing and curling iron."[2] Another source says Stephens “created the pressing/ curling iron in 1983.“[3]
- ^ "Great African-American Inventors". BET. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History. Victoria Sherrow (ed.). 2006. p. 189. ISBN 0313331456.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "9 Black Female Inventors". Her Campus. University of Albany. Retrieved 8 February 2018.