Baltimore Equitable Society

Historical marker location:

21 N Eutaw St, Downtown Baltimore, Maryland

( Marker is on North Eutaw Street south of Lexington Street, on the left when traveling south.)

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.