Historical Marker
Rich Resources
Historical marker location:
2750 Sweden Point Road, Rison, Maryland
( Marker is on Sweden Point Road.)
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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.