A black and white photo of Marie Van Brittan Brown is aligned center-right on a blue background. On the background is part of the drawing of her home security system as it was submitted for the patent - on the left a woman in her bedroom turns a knob on the TV to see a man outside her front door on the right. Aligned to the bottom left in white text reads: "Without Marie Van Brittan Brown, we wouldn't have the home security system." Aligned to the top left is the Home Assistant name and logo in white.
It's #WomenInTechDay! Today we highlight Marie Van Brittan Brown, who security experts now recognize as pioneered home security.
A nurse wanting to make her home secure, she invented an audio-visual home security system, helping create the security tech industry as we know it.
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