Dr. Patricia Era Bath
(November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019)
Humanitarian work
Through this organization, Dr. Bath traveled to Tanzania in 2005, where cataracts had become the lead cause of childhood blindness during this time.[31]
In Africa, the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness provided computers and other digital resources for visually impaired students, specifically at the Mwereni School for the Blind in Tanzania and St. Oda School for the Visually Impaired in Kenya.[29]
Dr. Bath was also recognized for her philanthropic work in the field of ophthalmology by President Barack Obama. In 2009, she was on stage with President Obama and was put on his commission for digital accessibility to blind children.[32]
In April 2019, Dr. Bath testified in a hearing called the "Trailblazers and Lost Einsteins: Women Inventors and the Future of American Innovation" at the Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. Here, Dr. Bath showed the gender disparities in the STEM field and lack of female inventors.[33]
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