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Marjorie Stewart Joyner Celebrated for National Inventors Hall of Fame

A closer look at this leading figure in the beauty industry as a beautician, salon owner, educator and executive.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame recently welcomed Marjorie Stewart Joyner, inventor of the Permanent Wave Machine (U.S. Patent No. 1,693,515), to its 2023 class of inductees.     Joyner was a leading figure in the beauty industry as a beautician, salon owner, instructor and executive for the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co.    Joyner was born in Monterey, Virginia. At the age of 20, she became the first Black student to graduate from the A.B. Moler Beauty and Culture Scho...

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