USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Goode invented a folding cabinet bed to fit in small homes. Goode wanted to make it possible for people living in small homes to have furniture that fit in restricted space. When folded, the cabinet bed looks like a desk. Goode is now known as the first African American woman to receive a patent, on July 14, 1885.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sarah E. Goode was born into slavery in 1850 in Ohio and was freed at the end of the Civil War. She moved to Chicago, Illinois where she married carpenter Archibald Goode. In Chicago, she opened up a furniture store supplying goods to primarily working-class customers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sarah Elisabeth Goode (1855 – April 8, 1905) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. She was the second known African-American woman to receive a United States patent, which she received in 1885.

Detailed explanation-4: -Goode invented a folding cabinet bed which helped people who lived in tight housing to utilize their space efficiently. When the bed was folded up, it looked like a desk, with room for storage. At night, the desk would be unfolded to become a bed. It was fully functioning both as a bed and as a desk.

Detailed explanation-5: -Goode. Goode was born in 1855 (?) in slavery as Sarah Jacobs, but, by 1860, she was living as a free person in Toledo, Ohio. She moved to Chicago in 1870 and, by 1880, was married to Archibald Goode, a carpenter/stair builder.