DID YOU KNOW? for November 2-15, 2021:  

DID YOU KNOW... U.S. Patent # 473,653, issued on April 26,1892 to Sarah Boone, for the design of a tapered ironing board on a stand is still used today!

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Sarah Boone was born into slavery and married a freedman at age 15.  When her family relocated to New Haven, Connecticut, she took up dressmaking as a profession.  In the course of her work, she noticed the difficulty of flattening out creases in the sleeves and bodies of women’s dresses. Ironing at the time was done on a wooden plank propped between chairs or on the kitchen table.

Sarah developed a design of a tapered board on a stand.  By rotating the fabric around the board, one could completely smooth any portion of a dress. Read more about Sarah:  https://www.biography.com/inventor/sarah-boone and her design: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/boone-sarah-1832-1904/