1624 Shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter This is the third week of our May biweekly series that focuses on black women who changed the world with their inventions. Marjorie Stewart Joyner Marjorie Stewart Joyner was the granddaughter of a slave and a white enslaver. On October 24, 1896, she was born to George Emmanuel Stewart, a teacher and Annie Stewart. In 1904, her parents moved to Ohio and eventually divorced three years later. This caused Joyner to keep living with various relatives till she turned 16. Joyner moved to Chicago to live with her mother and studied at … Continue reading Two Important Inventions That Would Be Impossible Without Black Women