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  2. Josephine Cochrane - Wikipedia

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    Josephine Cochran (later Cochrane; née Garis; March 8, 1839 – August 3, 1913) was an American inventor [1] who invented the first successful hand-powered dishwasher, which she designed and then constructed with the assistance of mechanic George Butters, who became one of her first employees.

  3. Matthew Henson - Wikipedia

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    Henson served as a navigator and craftsman, and was known as Peary's "first man". Like Peary, he studied Inuit survival techniques. During their 1908–09 expedition to Greenland, Henson was one of the six men – including Peary and four Inuit assistants – who claimed to have been the first to reach the geographic North Pole.

  4. KP duty - Wikipedia

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    Duties include washing dishes, food preparation, and bussing tables. [1] The image of enlisted soldiers peeling potatoes (to remove the skin) in an installation's kitchen was once associated with the popular culture image of KP duty due to its frequent appearance in mid-twentieth century movies and comic strips about life in the US services.

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  6. Dishwashing - Wikipedia

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    Where dishes are to be shared among many, such as in restaurants, sanitization is necessary and desirable in order to prevent spread of microorganisms.Most restaurants have three-compartment sinks (depending on country or state regulations) and use the three-sink system (washing, rinsing and sanitizing of dirty dishes) with the first compartment containing a combination of warm water and soap ...

  7. List of African-American inventors and scientists - Wikipedia

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    African Americans have been the victims of oppression, discrimination and persecution throughout American history, with an impact on African-American innovation according to a 2014 study by economist Lisa D. Cook, which linked violence towards African Americans and lack of legal protections over the period from 1870 to 1940 with lowered innovation. [1]

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  9. Black cowboys - Wikipedia

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    Black chefs hunted deer and wild turkey between washing and kitchen cleaning duties. [2] Black cowhands were expected to perform on the trail, and expected to sing or to pack a musical instrument. [2] Others served as bodyguards or money transporters, which has been attributed to the unlikelihood of thieves searching a Black man for large sums ...