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Meet Sarah Boone, the African American Dressmaker Who Invented the Modern-day Ironing Board in 1892

Sarah Boone was an African American dressmaker who made her name by inventing the modern-day ironing board in 1892.
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How Formerly Enslaved African-Americans Placed Ads on Newspapers to Find Lost Family After Slavery

During slavery, it was common for families to be torn apart, with husbands, wives, children, and siblings sold to...