Judy Woodford Reed
1826 - 1905
Seamstress and Homemaker
Personal Information
Born: 1826
Died: 1905
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
unknown-probably illiterate as patent application is signed with an X
Professional Life
Field of Study: Seamstress and Homemaker
Institution/Corporation: none
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: none
Achievements: only known records are patent application & census reports beginning in 1870
Believed to be the 1st African-american female to receive a US patent
1st appeared in the 1870 census as a 44 year old seamstress in Albemarle county, VA with husband Allen & their 5 children
The census lists both her & her husband as illiterate & her patent is signed with an X
Patent & census record are the only records of her
Invented dough kneader & roller