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Sarah Boone, inventor of the ironing board and first Black woman to get a patent - New York Amsterdam News
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Black Voice Letchworth - Sarah Boone (1832–1904) was an American inventor who on April 26, 1892, obtained United States patent number 473,563 for her improvements to the ironing board. Boone's ironing board
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