History of the Hot Comb and it's Inventors

The hot comb was originally produced in France for women with a extremely curly hair who desired to have straight hair.

Annie Malone

=>The common hot comb we know today was invented by one of the first female entrepreneurs of African descent who later on became a self made multi-millionaire, named Annie Malone.  Malone was born August 9th, 1869 and later on died on May 10th, 1957.  She lived in Metropolis, Illinois with her eleven siblings until both her parents death. Soon after being orphaned, Malone moved to Peoria to live with her older sister and that's when she started to take an interest in different hair textures.  During that time Malone innovated the previous hot comb from France as well as other hair treatments that were beneficial to the African American community.

Madam CJ Walker

=>Madam CJ Walker formally known as Sarah Bleedlove is thought to be the original inventor of the hot comb, but we know that is not the truth.  Walker was born December 23rd, 1867 and died May 25th, 1919 at 51 years old.  Walker was actually Annie Malone's employee/ protege and further innovated the comb that is currently used today, by widening the teeth of the comb.