Historical Marker
John McDonogh
Historical marker location:
519 W Fayette St, University of Maryland, Maryland
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of West Fayette Street and North Greene Street.)
Marker installed: 1949
Maryland was home to the first African American woman to hold a patent: In 1885, Sarah E. Goode, an African American woman from Baltimore, became the first African American woman to hold a U.S. patent. Her invention was a folding cabinet bed, which was designed to save space in small apartments.