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This Month's Featured Unsung T-Shirt Hero Stories
IBM PC Inventor
Mark Dean
IBM PC Co-Creator: Dean was part of the team that designed and developed the original IBM Personal Computer, released in 1981. He holds three of the nine original patents for this groundbreaking device.
Mark Dean's legacy is a testament to the power of innovation and the importance of diversity in technology.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,045,998
Scientist
Grace Hopper
In 1965 Stephanie L. Kwolek succeeded in creating the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness. The best known member is Kevlar, a material used in fragmentation-resistant vests as well as in boats, airplanes, ropes, cables, tires, tennis racquets, skis, and so forth — in total about 200 applications.
Cathay WilliamsFemale Buffalo Solider
Cathay Williams, a truly remarkable figure in American history. Born in 1844 in Missouri to an enslaved mother and a free father, she became the only documented Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army during the 19th century—and she did so by disguising herself as a man under the name William Cathay, she enlisted in 1866, joining the 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment, one of the units known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
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