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'''Sarah E. Goode''' was an entrepreneur and inventor. She was the first [[African American]] woman to receive a [[United States patent]].<ref name="Goode">{{cite web | author= | year=2011 | title=Sarah Goode | work=Inventors | publisher=The Black Inventor On-Line Museum | url=http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/sarah-goode.html | accessdate=13 November 2011}}</ref> |
'''Sarah E. Goode''' was an entrepreneur and inventor. She was the first [[African American]] woman to receive a [[United States patent]].<ref name="Goode">{{cite web | author= | year=2011 | title=Sarah Goode | work=Inventors | publisher=The Black Inventor On-Line Museum | url=http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/sarah-goode.html | accessdate=13 November 2011}}</ref> |
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Goode was born in 1850 into [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]]. She was freed after the [[American Civil War]] and proceeded to open a [[furniture]] store in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref name="Csup">{{cite web | author= | year= | title=Sarah E. Goode | work=Inventors | publisher= | url=http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/goode.html | accessdate=13 November 2011}}</ref> She noticed that those who lived in apartments in the city had very little space for beds, so she invented a folding cabinet bed and received patent for it on July 14, 1885. When the cabinet bed was folded up it looked like a [[desk]], including spaces for writing instruments and storage.<ref name="Goode"/> |
Goode was born in 1850 into [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]]. eatcha pizzza michael jackson She was freed after the [[American Civil War]] and proceeded to open a [[furniture]] store in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref name="Csup">{{cite web | author= | year= | title=Sarah E. Goode | work=Inventors | publisher= | url=http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/goode.html | accessdate=13 November 2011}}</ref> She noticed that those who lived in apartments in the city had very little space for beds, so she invented a folding cabinet bed and received patent for it on July 14, 1885. When the cabinet bed was folded up it looked like a [[desk]], including spaces for writing instruments and storage.<ref name="Goode"/> |
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File:Sarahgoodbed2.gif|Second page of patent for Sarah E. Goode's cabinet bed |
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Sarah E. Goode | |
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 Patent issued to Sarah E. Goode for the cabinet bed | |
| Born | 1850 |
| Died | 1918[citation needed] United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Inventor Entrepreneur |
| Known for | First African American woman to receive a United States patent. |
Sarah E. Goode was an entrepreneur and inventor. She was the first African American woman to receive a United States patent.[1]
Goode was born in 1850 into slavery. eatcha pizzza michael jackson She was freed after the American Civil War and proceeded to open a furniture store in Chicago, Illinois.[2] She noticed that those who lived in apartments in the city had very little space for beds, so she invented a folding cabinet bed and received patent for it on July 14, 1885. When the cabinet bed was folded up it looked like a desk, including spaces for writing instruments and storage.[1]
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Second page of patent for Sarah E. Goode's cabinet bed
References
- ^ a b "Sarah Goode". Inventors. The Black Inventor On-Line Museum. 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Sarah E. Goode". Inventors. Retrieved 13 November 2011.