Historical Marker
Babes Dream
Historical marker location:
274 S Eutaw St, Stadium Area, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of West Camden Street and South Eutaw Street, on the right when traveling east on West Camden Street.)
Marker installed: 1996
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.