Frenchtown

Historical marker location:

Elkton, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Augustine Herman Highway (Maryland Route 213) and Frenchtown Road, on the left on Augustine Herman Highway.)

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.