Nothing in her bio tells about a degree, but it does state she was a teacher.
Miriam Benjamin was a Washington D.C. school teacher and the second black woman to receive a patent. Miriam Benjamin received a patent for an invention she called a Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. Her invention allowed hotel customer to summon a waiter from the comfort of their chair. A button on the chair would buzz the waiters' station and a light on the chair would let the wait staff know who wanted service. Miriam Benjamin's invention was adapted and used in the United States House of Representatives. Below you can view the actual patent issued to Miriam Benjamin on July 17, 1888.
And Washington D.C.
she invented a chair
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no one knows it is undentifed
she died in 1974 when she was 84
yes there is except as a child
the gong and signal chair
yes she was married 3 times
Miriam Benjamin was a teacher in addition to being an inventor. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina on September 16, 1861 and died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1947.
did Benjamin receive any honor
she was born in 1992, 20 august