Historical Marker
Rochelle Stevens
Historical marker location:
1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Morgan State University, Maryland
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Perring Parkway (Maryland Route 41) and Hartsdale Road, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2017
Inducted into the School of Global Journalism & Communication's Garden of Fame.
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.