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James Marion Sims is credited for his pioneering tools, such as the modern-day speculum and surgical techniques, that significantly advanced reproductive health care. The medical community has celebrated Sims for 170 years, yet most books fail to mention the torture he forced enslaved black women to endure.
A quick Google search for ‘menstrual pad’ credits its invention to Benjamin Franklin. But don’t believe everything you read; this revolutionary advancement in reproductive healthcare was actually developed by a Black woman by the name of Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner.