by Savoi Ragsdale | Feb 11, 2019 | Black History Month Spotlight, First African american software patent, Janet Emerson Bashen
Janet Emerson Bashen, born February 12, 1957, is the first African American to file a patent for software program invention. A graduate of Alabama A & M and University of Houston, she received $5000 from her mother to start her EEO company at her kitchen table....
