Historical Marker
Robert Strawbridge
Historical marker location:
2885 Wakefield Valley Road, New Windsor, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of Wakefield Valley Road and New Windsor Road (Maryland Route 31), on the right when traveling east on Wakefield Valley Road.)
Marker installed: 1938
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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.