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Born	Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs 1855 (1855) Toledo, Ohio, US
Died	April 8, 1905 (1905-04-09) (aged 50) Chicago, Illinois, US
Occupation	Inventor and entrepreneur
Known for	Second African-American woman to receive a United States patent

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. The first known African-American woman to receive a patent was Judy W. Reed in 1884.

Biography

Patent issued to Sarah E. Goode for the 'folding bed cabinet'

Goode was born as Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs in 1855 in Toledo, Ohio, the same year the Fugitive Slave Act was enacted. Sarah Goode was the second of seven children of Oliver and Harriet Jacobs, both described in public records as mulattos. Oliver Jacobs, a native of Indiana was a carpenter. Sarah did not have a formal education and learned a trade from her father.

After the end of the Civil War, the

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Just because historians have done a poor job of archiving and sharing the legacy of black designers doesn't mean there isn't a rich history to explore. This week in design history, we commemorate a moment that took place on July 14, 1885—when Sarah E. Goode became one of the first black woman to receive a U.S. patent for her folding cabinet bed. She holds the title alongside Judy Reed, who invented a dough kneading machine in 1880 and Miriam Benjamin in 1888, the inventor of a hotel chair that signaled the service of a waiter.

Who is Sarah E. Goode?

Sarah Elizabeth Jacobs was born around 1855, born into slavery and freed around the age of 5, at which time she lived in Toledo, Ohio. Her initial interest in furniture likely stemmed from her father, a carpenter. When Sarah was living in Chicago, Illinois in 1870, she met her husband Archibald Goode, also a carpenter. Although it can't be confirmed, it is believed by biographers that Sarah and Archibald opened a furniture store together.

The story behind Goode's cabinet bed

Goode and her husband allegedly managed

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Women who made legal history: Sarah E. Goode

Sarah Elisabeth Goode (1855?-1905) was one of the first African-American women to receive a patent from the United States government. She was granted a patent for a folding cabinet bed on July 14, 1885. (1)

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. The couple had children, but it's unclear how many.

In order to help Chicago apartment dwellers with limited space in their units, Goode invented a folding bed that would become the precursor to the Murphy Bed - a hide-away bed. It was a cabinet bed which folded into a roll-top desk which had compartments for writing supplies and stationery. (2)

As one author expressed it: " [A] Black woman, Sarah E. Goode, patented a writing desk that unfolded to make a single bed. Goode's invention responded to a late nineteenth-century [Victorian] demand for furniture that served more than one purpose." (3)