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Miriam Benjamin: A Cadeira de Sinal e o Primeiro Botão de Chamada

Miriam Benjamin: The Signal Chair and the First Call Button

Em 1888, Miriam Benjamin patenteou sua Gong and Signal Chair, um assento com um botão que podia chamar um atendente sem gritar, que foi adotado pela Câmara dos Representantes dos EUA e a tornou a segunda mulher negra a deter uma patente americana.

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service design
Black women inventors
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