JULY 4, 2018, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: DANIEL HELTON ENTRY SPONSOR: Quintard Taylor Sarah Boone was an American inventor best known for her patented improvements to the ironing board. She was one of the first African American women to receive a patent in United States history. Boone’s legacy was her improved ironing board. The ironing board had first been patented […]

SARAH BOONE (1832-1904)