1861
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
Miriam Benjamin
American inventor (1861–1947)
- Born
- 1861
Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin was an American schoolteacher and inventor. In 1888, she obtained a patent for the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels, becoming the second African-American woman to receive a patent.