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Sarah Goode, Black Inventor of the Cabinet Bed

Sarah Goode, Black Inventor of the Cabinet Bed

by | Sep 7, 2019 | Inventors

Sarah E. Goode (1855-1905) was the first African American woman to be awarded a U.S. Patent, for a cabinet bed, which would fold up during the day “so as to occupy less space, and made generally to resemble some article of furniture when so folded.” Her patent was...