Marie Van Brittan Brown was the visionary inventor behind the first home security system. A Black woman living in Queens, New York, during the 1960s, Marie was determined to protect her home and community in an era when emergency response times were unreliable. Alongside her husband, she developed a groundbreaking closed-circuit television system that laid the foundation for modern home security.

But Marie's story is about more than just innovation—it’s about resilience, ingenuity, and the often-overlooked contributions of Black women in technology.

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