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Marie Van Brittan Brown, Inventor of Home Security System

Marie Van Brittan Broen and Home sEcurity System
Marie Van Brittan Broen and Home sEcurity System

OTD Marie Van Brittan Brown joined the ancestors (Oct 30, 1922 - Feb 2, 1999). A nurse, who, along with her husband Albert L. Brown, an electronics technician, invented an audio-visual home security system (1966). That same year they applied for a patent for their security system. It was granted 3 years later in 1969.

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