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Who Was Sarah E. Good?

Born into slavery in , inventor and entrepreneur Sarah E. Goode was one of the first African American women to be granted a patent by the U.S.

Patent and Trademark Office, for her invention of a folding cabinet bed in She died in

Life, Invention and Death

Born into slavery in , inventor and entrepreneur Sarah E. Goode went on to become one of the first African American women to be granted a patent by the U.S.

Patent and Trademark Office, for her invention of a folding cabinet bed in

After receiving her freedom at the end of the Civil War, Goode moved to Chicago and eventually became an entrepreneur. Along with her husband Archibald, a carpenter, she owned a furniture store.

Many of her customers, who were mostly working-class, lived in small apartments and didn't have much space for furniture, including beds.

As a solution to the problem, Goode invented a cabinet bed, which she described as a "folding bed," similar to w