SHREVEPORT, La. - February is Black History Month and KTBS 3/KPXJ CW 21 continue to salute the contributions of African Americans in labor with the help of Bossier Parish high school students. Sarah ...
Black women have made nothing out of something, and they became inventors out of necessity and ease of life. Sarah Boone was no different when she invented the modern ironing board. Boone made a name ...
Sarah Boone is one of the first Black women in U.S. history to receive a patent; she expanded on the original ironing board, and with he additions, the board featured a narrower and curved design, ...
On April 26, 1892, Sarah Boone made history as the fourth Black woman in the U.S. to be awarded a patent for her collapsible ironing board invention. Boone’s accomplishment becomes even more ...
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