by LaKisha | Feb 26, 2020 | Black History
Born into slavery in 1850, Sarah E. Goode received her freedom at the end of the Civil War. She moved to Chicago and eventually became an entrepreneur. Along with her husband Archibald, a carpenter, she owned a furniture store. Many of her customers, who were mostly...
by LaKisha | Feb 19, 2020 | Black History
Sarah Boone was born Sarah Marshall in 1832 in Craven County, North Carolina. At 15, she married James Boone. She worked as a dressmaker and her husband was a brick mason. Sarah Boone made her name by inventing the ironing board. Boone was a rarity during her time, a...
