After her husband's untimely death, Sarah moved to St. Louis to be closer to her brothers. All four brothers were barbers—a career choice that would be profoundly ironic in a few more years. She found work as a washerwoman, earning a measly $1.50 a day. But the money was enough to...
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In 1885,Sarah Goodebecame the first Black woman to receive a U.S. patent. Goode was born into descent-based slavery in 1850, and after the Civil War, she moved to Chicago and opened a furniture store. There, she devised an idea that would bring more urban residents with limited space i...