Historical Marker
Greensboro
Historical marker location:
Greensboro, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of East Sunset Avenue (Maryland Route 314) and Greensboro Road (Maryland Route 313), on the right when traveling west on East Sunset Avenue.)
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.