*Sarah Boone, a Black woman born in 1832 in Craven County, North Carolina, revolutionized ironing in the 1890s by inventing the modern ironing board. Madame Noire reports that her collapsible, padded ...

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 ...

Sarah Boone, a formerly enslaved woman, transformed a plank of wood into the first cousin of the ironing board used today. She patented her idea in 1892, placing her amng the first African American ...

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 ...

Sarah Boone was born to enslaved parents in 1832. In 1847 she married a free African American, James Boone, and left North Carolina before the outbreak of the Civil War using the network known as the ...