Bashen, Janet
1957- · Contribution: 2006
Web-based EEO investigative software (LinkLine)
Portraits are AI-generated interpretations, not photographs.
Impact on the world
Became the first African-American woman to receive a patent for a web-based software invention.
Life & background
An entrepreneur and inventor, Bashen created and patented web-based software used to manage equal employment opportunity investigations, becoming the first Black woman to hold a software patent.
Sources
- BlackPast.org; Lemelson Foundation; U.S. Patent 6,985,922
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