For Harriet - Did you know a Black woman invented the ironing board? Born in the Deep South—in Summit, Pike County, Mississippi—in the 1860s or 1870s, Sarah Boone made her name by
Sorterz - Chinese were the first people to use the iron. Ironing as we know it today was invented by the Chinese. They were the first people to iron clothes with metal
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