A Woman to Know: Marie Van Brittan Brown

With the patented system, a woman alone in the house could alarm the neighborhood immediately by pressing a button … — Marie Van Brittan Brown

With the patented system, a woman alone in the house could alarm the neighborhood immediately by pressing a button … — Marie Van Brittan Brown

(image via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)

Marie invented the home security system. She and her husband both worked odd hours, often coming home early in the morning or late in the evening, and Marie watched the …