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Mariam Benjamin was a trailblazing African-American educator, inventor, and advocate for progress in the late 19th century. She made history by patenting the Gong and Signal Chair in 1888, a device designed to improve service in hotels and legislative halls by enabling attendants to be called efficiently. Her ingenuity exemplified the creative contributions of African-Americans during her time, paving the way for modern innovations in service and communication systems. 💡📜 #mariambenjamin #blac
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She Invented The Airplane Call Button—They Erased Her On July 17, 1888, Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin became the second African American woman to receive a US patent for her revolutionary Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. A Washington D.C. schoolteacher, Benjamin invented a notification system that allowed seated individuals to press a button, sounding a gong while displaying a red signal showing exactly who needed assistance. In her patent application, she stated it would "reduce the expenses of ho
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