Theora Stephens

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Theora Stephens

A photo of Theora Stephens. a hairdresser who, in the early 1980s had an idea for a better hair curler and patented her idea.

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Theora Stephens Jul 25, 1926 - Sep 16, 1994 Los Angeles, California

Theora (Johnson) Stephens, born July 24th, 1926 in Beaumont, Texas, was born to Isiah Johnson, age 34, and Eola B. Phillips, age 24. Both of her parents were born in Louisiana. At the time of Theora's birth, her father was a common laborer and her mother was a housewife. Theora Johnson, age 23, married Earl Stephens, age 28, on February 12th, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. In the early 1950's, Theora must have been active on the social scene in Los Angeles since she was mentioned in an article in Los Angeles' California Eagle newspaper. See LA-TOW-KI-CU-WAS. In 1980, Theora Stephens, a hair dresser, patented a "more efficient pressing and curling iron."

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I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Support ). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come. I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director
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