Historical Marker
Cecil County Memorial Post
Historical marker location:
815 Turkey Point Road, North East, Maryland
( Memorial is at the intersection of Turkey Point Road (Maryland Route 272) and Irishtown Road, on the right when traveling south on Turkey Point Road.)
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.