Question

1. match the descriptions with the black inventors.

the chemical engineers multiple - effect evaporator is still used today to desalinate water, to recycle, and to make sugar, glue, soap, and milk.
she was the first african american woman to receive a u.s. patent, for her 1884 dough kneader and roller invention.
the first african american woman to sign her full name on her patent application was granted a patent in 1885 for the invention of the folding bed.
this inventors innovation resulted in a padded ironing board that was narrow enough for sleeves to fit around the board.
born in south america, this inventor created a machine allowing a worker to last shoes ten times faster than lasting by hand.

Explanation:

1. The chemical - engineer with the multiple - effect evaporator is Norbert Rillieux.
2. The first African American woman to receive a U.S. patent for a dough kneader and roller in 1884 is Mary Kenner.
3. The first African American woman to sign her full name on a patent application and get a patent for the folding bed in 1885 is Sarah E. Goode.
4. The inventor of the padded ironing board for sleeves is Sarah Boone.
5. The South - American born inventor of the shoe - lasting machine is Jan Ernst Matzeliger.

Answer:

1. Norbert Rillieux
2. Mary Kenner
3. Sarah E. Goode
4. Sarah Boone
5. Jan Ernst Matzeliger