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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she died in 1974 when she was 84
no one knows it is undentifed
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.
Miriam Benjamin, an accomplished inventor and the second African American woman to receive a patent, passed away in 1999. The circumstances surrounding her death are not widely documented, so specific details regarding her passing are not readily available in public records. Benjamin is best known for her invention of the "Gong and Signal Chair," designed to summon waiters in restaurants, reflecting her significant contributions to innovation and society.
did Benjamin receive any honor