Sarah E. Goode Inventor (1850–1905)   Entrepreneur and inventor Sarah E. Goode was the first African-American woman to receive a United States patent.   Synopsis   Born into slavery in 1850, inventor and entrepreneur Sarah E. Goode was the first African-American woman to be granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for … Continue reading Sarah Elisabeth Goode was the first African-American woman to receive a United States patent