By Ryan Shepard
The late Dr.
Patricia Bath is on the verge of making history. Two years after her passing, the Bath family has carried on her legacy by launching a campaign to get her inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. If elected, Bath would become the first Black woman to enter the hall of fame. In honor of Black History Month, the National Inventors Hall of Fame encourages the public to nominate an African-American inventor for consideration in their current class of inductees, Bath s official Twitter account tweeted.
Bath is a trailblazer in the world of ophthalmology. In 1975, she became the first Black woman to be appointed to UCLA s surgical staff. She also became the first woman to lead UCLA s post-graduate training program in ophthalmology. During her career, she went on to earn five U.S. patents.