Tag: History
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Remembering Women Who Helped Build the Digital World
The history of the Internet, from its inception, has often been associated with men, yet women have played important roles in its development and evolution. Despite facing sexism and patriarchy at their workplace, lack of recognition and credit for their work, limited opportunities for them to advance, and even bias, these women fought to be…
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The Legacy of Marie Van Brittan Brown: Pioneering Home Security Systems
Marie Van Brittan Brown is an African American nurse and inventor who invented the first audio-video security system. Born in 1922 in Queens, New York, Brown started as a nurse and lived in a high-crime neighbourhood with her husband. Her late-night work and fear of being alone due to her husband’s job inspired her to…