Inventor and dressmaker Sarah Boone’s ironing board was patented on 4/26/1892. She was the sec
Inventor and dressmaker Sarah Boone’s ironing board was patented on 4/26/1892. She was the second African American woman to receive a patent. Series: Utility Patent Drawings, 1837 - 1911Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978Image description: Drawings of a long, narrow piece of wood, curved in the shape of a woman’s tight long sleeve. -- source link
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