Historical Marker
Chuck Foreman Field
Historical marker location:
6327 Rutherford Court, Frederick, Maryland
( Marker can be reached from Stuart Drive south of Rutherford Court, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2014
Dedicated to Walter Eugene "Chuck" Foreman. September 22, 2014.
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.