{"id":7295,"date":"2022-08-26T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housejunkie.co.uk\/?p=7295"},"modified":"2023-01-10T00:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:31:11","slug":"who-invented-the-ironing-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesguide.co.uk\/who-invented-the-ironing-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Invented the Ironing Board? Honouring a Brilliant Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, who invented the ironing board?<\/p>\n

It’s a common question, and not many people know the answer. The actual inventor of the ironing board was\u00a0Sarah Boone<\/strong>, an incredible woman who fought tooth and nail to ensure that her creation would make it into the homes of people all around the world.<\/p>\n

Today, the ironing board is one of the most popular products in any home. It’s hard to imagine that anyone would go without this tool to make ironing\u00a0faster, easier, and more effective<\/strong>. But without one wonderful African American invention, we may still have been ironing our cloth on tables and floors to this day!<\/p>\n

Here’s what you need to know about Sarah Boone’s ironing board.<\/p>\n

Introducing the Lady Behind Our Smooth Apparels<\/h2>\n

\"sarahLet’s start with an introduction to the lady who invented the ironing board.<\/p>\n

Sarah Boone was originally born as\u00a0Sarah Marshall<\/strong>\u00a0on January 1, 1832. Unfortunately, Sarah Marshall was a former slave before she married a freeman, James Boone, at the young age of 15. It didn’t take long for Sarah Marshall (now Sarah Boone) to become a mother.<\/p>\n

She had a total of eight children. The family moved from Boone’s birthplace in New Bern, North Carolina, to a town called New Haven in Connecticut. The couple happily settled down together at a point in history just before the civil war.<\/p>\n

Sarah Boone’s husband, James Boone, was a professional brick mason, while Sarah Boone made her living as a\u00a0dressmaker<\/strong>. This is where Sarah’s idea for ironing boards began.<\/p>\n

Why Did Sarah Boone Invent Ironing Boards?<\/h2>\n

As a dressmaker, Sarah Boone knew better than most how difficult it could be to remove creases and wrinkles from her creations. Like most inventions, the concept for ironing boards came from necessity urging this African American woman to create a solution to her ironing problems.<\/p>\n

To improve her skills as a dressmaker and make ironing more efficient for every woman, Sarah Boone started experimenting with ironing board designs. Although certain ironing board technology was already available at the time, it wasn’t nearly as efficient as the creation that Boone would make. The traditional ironing table often caused a number of unwanted creases in clothes and made it harder to get the right results.<\/p>\n

Like many women in her time, Sarah Boone was facing fierce competition as a dressmaker, and she knew she had to do something different to catch the eyes of her customers. She believed that creating a device that would improve ironing could be her way to outshine her competitors.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by \ud83d\udc97 Donna Wilkins \ud83d\udc97 (@pinkandfloralhome)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n