Jones, Martha
unknown · Contribution: 1868
Inventor
Combined corn husking and shelling machine
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active since
- 1868
- Category
- Agriculture & Food
- Best known for
- Corn husker-sheller patent (1868)Possible first Black woman patenteeFarm labor-saving device
Impact on the world
Jones may have been the first Black woman to hold a U.S. patent, claiming a place in the record decades before others commonly credited. Her machine eased one of farming's most tedious chores.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Commerce (Inventors Eye)
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