Permanent Wave Machine invented by Black Woman
This Permanent Wave Machine was invented by Majorie Stewart Joyner in 1928. Mrs. Joyner was then National Supervisor for the Madame C.J. Walker Beauty Colleges.
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The device was a standard hood dryer that connected 16 rods to an electric cord. Women wore the hood for a certain amount of time and the hair would be straightened or curled. Mrs. Joyner
said she got the idea one day, while cooking pot roast in which long rods held the pot roast together while heating the meat from the inside.
This Permanent Wave Machine was used in both Black and white
salons.
Joyner, was the of the first Black women to receive a patent. However, she did not receive any royalties because she invented while employed at the Madame Walker company and all the proceeds went to the organization.
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
Joyner was born October 24, 1896, in Monterey, VA.
In 1945, Joyner co-founded the United Beauty School Owners and Teachers Association along with Mary Bethune McCleod. And she
relentlessly raised money for Black colleges and founded Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority and Fraternity, in an effort to raise the professional standards for beauticians.
She died on December 7, 1994, at the age of 98.
Posted by Karen Halliburton at 1/5/2013 6:41 AM 
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Categories: curling iron
Tags: Majorie Joyner Permanent Wave Machine Madame C.J. Walker hair politics of black hair
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