[size=14pt]Sarah E. Goode[/size]



Sarah was born a slave in Toledo in 1855, but raised in Chicago after the end of the Civil War. She married a Virginia man, Archie Goode, and had six children, three of whom survived into childhood. She and Archie, a “stair builder,” opened a furniture store.

Like today, much of the urban denizens of Chicago lived in tiny cramped apartments, where space was at a premium. A smart entrepreneur, Sarah thought of a way to “hide away” beds in a desk.

Her invention, the “cabinet bed,” was granted a patent on July 14, 1885. She would be the first African-American woman to earn a US patent. When laid out, it was a comfortable bed. Folded up, it became a functional desk complete with writing space, shelves and cabinets.




[size=14pt]Miriam E. Benjamin[/size]

Miriam Benjamin was a Washington D.C. school teacher and the second black woman to receive a patent. Miriam Benjamin received a patent for an invention she called a Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. Her invention allowed hotel customer to summon a waiter from the comfort of their chair. A button on the chair would buzz the waiters' station and a light on the chair would let the wait staff know who wanted service. Miriam Benjamin's invention was adapted and used in the United States House of Representatives. Below you can view the actual patent issued to Miriam Benjamin on July 17, 1888.



[size=14pt]Anna M. Mangin[/size]

Anna M. Mangin developed a special kind of pastry fork in 1891. She received a patent for this device on March 1, 1892. To make pastries, such as cookies and pie crusts, cooks used to mix the dough with their hands. Mangin's fork helped to mix together butter and flour for pastries without the cook having to touch the ingredients. The fork could also be used to beat eggs, mash potatoes, and prepare salad dressings.



[size=14pt]Lyda A. Newman[/size]

She invented a hairbrush that was able to be taken apart in order to be easily cleaned. She was granted her patent on November 15, 1898.

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[size=14pt]Madeline Turner[/size]

Madeline M. Turner invented Turner's Fruit-Press, which paved the way for further development of the fruit press. She was granted U.S. Patent 1,180,959 in April 25, 1916. Turner lived in Oakland, California.

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[size=14pt]Alice H. Parker[/size]

On Dec. 23, 1919, inventor Alice H. Parker of Morristown, New Jersey, patented her design for the gas heating furnace. Parker’s design would help provide central heating in millions of homes and buildings around the world today. Parker’s gas heating furnace revolutionized how people heat their homes. With her invention, people no longer needed to stock and burn wood in a traditional furnace, which presented a high fire risk when left unattended.



[size=14pt]Marjorie Joyner[/size]

Born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia in 1896 she later moved to Chicago to study cosmetology. Ms. Joyner became employed by Madame CJ Walker where she eventually became the Director of Madame Walker’s Beauty Schools.
During her employment with the Walker Company she designed the “Permanent Wave Machine” which was able to straighten black woman hair and wave white women hair for a long period of time. Her invention was patented but she never profited from it for it was the property of the Walker Company.





Read More: https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/women_inventors.html

pashaun I've seen some posts you've shared. Seems like you're so interested in this woman rights and fight issue

Anyi3:
pashaun I've seen some posts you've shared. Seems like you're so interested in this woman rights and fight issue

What's wrong with that? Would you like it if your mother and sister was treated poorly

pashaun:


What's wrong with that? Would you like it if your mother and sister was treated poorly

Nope I buy the whole gender equality theory. It's good. I'm just saying the last ten posts or so you've shared have been gender equality, feminism stuff. No other topic. It's all good sha.