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Who was the first african american woman to receive a patent, inventing a folding bed.

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Sarah Goode


On July 14, 1885, Sarah Goode was granted patent number 322,177 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a folding cabinet bed. The bed was designed to make maximum efficient use of small spaces where surface area was limited.N
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