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Florence King (patent attorney)

Florence King (patent attorney)

First woman patent attorney

This article is about the patent attorney. For the writer, see Florence King.

Florence King (June 22, 1870 – June 20, 1924) was the first female patent attorney in America.[1][2]

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Early life and education

King earned a B.A. from Mount Morris College in 1891 and a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1895.[3]

Career

King became the first woman registered to practice before the U.S. Patent Office in 1897, became the first woman to argue a patent case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1922, and became the first woman to win a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1923 (Crown v. Nye).[3][4]

She also worked as a consulting engineer in machine design and construction, having attended Armour Institute of Technology for three years.[5]

She founded and served as president of the Women's Association of Commerce of Chicago and the Woman's Association of Commerce of the United States.[6] She also organized the Woman's Alaska Gold Club.[3]

She lived in Edison Park, Chicago.[7] She died of breast cancer.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Manchester University Archives and Brethren Historical Collection". Manchester.edu. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  2. [2]
    Largent, Craig (2004). "Florence King: First Woman Patent Attorney" (PDF). Stanford Law School.
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    "Biographical Search | Women's Legal History". Wlh.law.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
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    Sybil E. Hatch (1 January 2006). Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers. ASCE Publications. pp. 204–. ISBN 978-0-7844-0835-3.
  5. [5]
    The American Contractor. F. W. Dodge Corporation. 1920. pp. 4–.
  6. [6]
    The Business Philosopher: The Magazine of Practical Business Building. Science Press. 1918. pp. 10–.
  7. [7]
    "Success of a Woman Patent Attorney". Los Angeles Herald. January 14, 1906.
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