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Biography

Marie Van Brittan Brown's father was born in Massachusetts and her mother's roots originated from Pennsylvania. Marie and her husband lived at 151-158 & 135th Avenue in Jamaica Queens, NY. She worked as a nurse and her husband was an electronics technician, so they did not always normal hours or simultaneously work. Marie and Alberta Brown had two children. Their daughter Norma followed in her mother's footsteps and became a nurse as well as creator of her own inventions.

Invention

Marie did not always feel safe when she was home alone at times, because the crime rate had risen in her neighborhood. Having to answer the door to know who was on the other side was not something Marie liked to do. The home security system that she and her husband invented included allowed the video of who was at the door to a monitor in a different room, and all of this was possible via a radio controlled wireless system. If the person viewing the images on the monitor did not feel safe they could press a button that would send an alarm to police or security. She and her husband cited other inventors in their patent, such as Edward D. Phiney and Thomas J. Reardon. Thirteen inventors who came along after Marie have cited her patent, with the latest being in 2013. Even now, over fifty years later, her invention is being used by smaller businesses and living facilities.