ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin (September 16, 1861 – 1947) 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benjamin (1861-1947) On July 17, 1888, Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin became the second African American woman to receive a patent from the United States government for her invention of a gong and signal chair (U.S. Patent number 386, 289).

Detailed explanation-3: -On this date in 1888, Miriam E. Benjamin received a patent for an invention she called a Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. Benjamin, a schoolteacher living in Washington, D.C., was the second Black woman to receive a patent.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gong and Signal Chair was created to allow hotel customers to call a waiter from their seat. A button on the chair would alert the waiters’ station and a light on the chair would let the wait staff know who was requesting them.