Did you know Sarah Boone was the first woman in Black woman in Connecticut to receive a patent, for her improvement in the design of an ironing board? The US Patent Office granted numerous patents for ironing boards before Sarah Boone received her patent in 1892. But her improvement looks like ironing board we use today. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! It is unknown whether or not Boone benefitted financially from the commercialization of her patent. Meaning what?… she probably received NO BREAD for her innovation one would surmise.