Newsweek

Woman Shares Genius Ironing Hack Using Tinfoil

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It can be tricky to get crease-free clothing when ironing, but one ...
EURweb

Sarah Boone Was First Black Woman Awarded a Patent for Creating the Ironing Board

*Sarah Boone, a Black woman born in 1832 in Craven County, North Carolina, revolutionized ironing in the 1890s by inventing the modern ironing board. Madame Noire reports that her collapsible, padded ...
New Haven Register

Thanks to a Black New Haven woman’s patent, ironing became a lot easier

NEW HAVEN — Ainissa Ramirez, a scientist and writer, described her book “The Alchemy of Us” as being about “how technology shaped us.” Her new project, however, is more about how our shapes have ...
MadameNoire

Did You Know A Black Woman Invented The Modern-Day Ironing Board?

Black women have made nothing out of something, and they became inventors out of necessity and ease of life. Sarah Boone was no different when she invented the modern ironing board. Boone made a name ...