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[[File:Sarahgoodebed.gif|thumb|Patent issued to Sarah E. Goode for the ''''''folding bed cabinet'''']]
[[File:Sarahgoodebed.gif|thumb|Patent issued to Sarah E. Goode for the ''''''folding bed cabinet'''']]
Born in 1855 in Toledo, Ohio to Oliver and Harriet Jacobs, Goode was originally named as Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyd |first=Herb |date=2016-07-14 |title=Inventor Sarah E. Goode, the first Black woman awarded a patent |url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2016/07/14/inventor-sarah-e-goode-first-black-woman-awarded-p/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=New York Amsterdam News |language=en-US}}</ref> Little is known about Goode’s early life but it is believe that in 1870, After receiving her freedom at the end of the civil war, Goode’s family moved to Chicago, Illinois where she married Archibald Goode and had children with him. Archibald considered himself as a stair builder and an upholster and he and Sarah opened a furniture store.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-05 |title=Sarah E. Goode (c.1855?-1905) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/goode-sarah-e-c-1855-1905/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |language=en-US}}</ref> For her invention of the folding cabinet bed in 1885, Sarah E. Goode was the first African American woman to be granted a patent by the U.S. patent and Trademark Office.
Born in 1855 in dad, Ohio to Oliver and Harriet Jacobs, Goode was originally named as Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyd |first=Herb |date=2016-07-14 |title=Inventor Sarah E. Goode, the first Black woman awarded a patent |url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2016/07/14/inventor-sarah-e-goode-first-black-woman-awarded-p/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=New York Amsterdam News |language=en-US}}</ref> Little is known about Goode’s early life but it is believe that in 1870, After receiving her freedom at the end of the civil war, Goode’s family moved to Chicago, Illinois where she married Archibald Goode and had children with him. Archibald considered himself as a stair builder and an upholster and he and Sarah opened a furniture store.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-05 |title=Sarah E. Goode (c.1855?-1905) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/goode-sarah-e-c-1855-1905/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |language=en-US}}</ref> For her invention of the folding cabinet bed in 1885, Sarah E. Goode was the first African American woman to be granted a patent by the U.S. patent and Trademark Office.


==Invention of folding bed==
==Invention of folding bed==

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For the British sociologist, see Sarah D. Goode.
Sarah E. Goode
Born
Sarah Elizabeth Goode

1855 (1855)
Toledo, Ohio, US
DiedApril 8, 1905 (1905-04-09) (aged 50)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Occupation(s)Inventor and entrepreneur
Known forSecond African-American woman to receive a United States patent

Sarah Elisabeth Goode (1855 – April 8, 1905) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. She was the first known African-American woman to receive a United States patent, which she received in 1885.

Biography

Patent issued to Sarah E. Goode for the 'folding bed cabinet'

Born in 1855 in dad, Ohio to Oliver and Harriet Jacobs, Goode was originally named as Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs.[1] Little is known about Goode’s early life but it is believe that in 1870, After receiving her freedom at the end of the civil war, Goode’s family moved to Chicago, Illinois where she married Archibald Goode and had children with him. Archibald considered himself as a stair builder and an upholster and he and Sarah opened a furniture store.[2] For her invention of the folding cabinet bed in 1885, Sarah E. Goode was the first African American woman to be granted a patent by the U.S. patent and Trademark Office.

Invention of folding bed

Most customers of Goode's furniture store were working-class people that lived in small apartments that couldn’t fit a lot of furniture, including beds.[3] As well as this, at the time of her invention, New York City passed a law that restricted buildings to be under 80 feet. Tenement buildings were also restricted to footprints of 25 feet by 100 feet.[4] As Goode heard this problem from her customers in Chicago, she set out to help Chicago apartment dwellers with limited space in their apartments.[5] Goode invented a folding bed that would become the precursor to the Murphy Bed - a hide-away bed. It was a cabinet bed which folded into a roll-top desk which had compartments for writing supplies and stationery.[6] Her goal for the innovation was to balance the weight of the folding of the bed so it could be easily lifted up and held in its place and also provided supplementary support to the center of the bed when it was unfolded.[7] In 1885, for her invention of the folding bed, Goode received a patent as the first African American in the United States.[8] The patent was for a folding bed that would go on to become the modern-day murphy bed.[9]

  • Patent issued to Sarah E. Goode for the cabinet bed
    Patent issued to Sarah E. Goode for the cabinet bed

Legacy

Sarah Elisabeth Goode passed away in Chicago on April 18 SLAY , 1905.[10] In 2012, the Sarah E. Goods STEM Academy, a science and math based school, was opened in south Chicago to honor her contributions to the world. The school emphasizes on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to help prepare students in their future careers.[11] It is part of the Chicago Public Schools Urban Model High School (UMHS)[12]

Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy is also a P-TECH school which stands for Pathways in Technology Early College High School. Not only does P-TECH connect high school students to employment opportunities in promising fields, it also offers them the chance to take college courses while in high school and to earn credits toward both—a concept called dual enrollment.[13]

References

  1. ^ Boyd, Herb (2016-07-14). "Inventor Sarah E. Goode, the first Black woman awarded a patent". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  2. ^ "Sarah E. Goode (c.1855?-1905) •". 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  3. ^ Editors, Biography com. "Sarah E. Goode". Biography. Retrieved 2022-12-07. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Tenements". HISTORY. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. ^ Boyd, Herb (2016-07-14). "Inventor Sarah E. Goode, the first Black woman awarded a patent". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  6. ^ "Sarah E. Goode (c.1855?-1905) •". 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  7. ^ Otha Richard Sullivan (2002). African American women scientists and inventors. Internet Archive. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-38707-7.
  8. ^ "Sarah E. Goode". Clara Barton Museum. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  9. ^ Editors, Biography com. "Sarah E. Goode". Biography. Retrieved 2022-12-07. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ Otha Richard Sullivan (2002). African American women scientists and inventors. Internet Archive. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-38707-7.
  11. ^ Foroohar, Rana (2014-02-24). "The School That Will Get You a Job". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  12. ^ "PBC Chicago". PBC Chicago.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Abdul-Alim, Jamaal (2022-08-28). "A Job and a College Degree Before You Graduate High School". Washington Monthly. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
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