Historical Marker
Mile Marker 14
Historical marker location:
10219 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of Baltimore National Pike (Route 40) and Frederick Road, on the right when traveling east on Baltimore National Pike.)
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.