Florence King | |
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![]() Florence King, from a 1920 publication | |
Born | |
Died | June 20, 1924 Chicago, Illinois | (aged 53)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Florence Embrey |
Occupation | Patent attorney |
Years active | 1897-1924 |
Florence King (June 22, 1870 – June 20, 1924) was the first female patent attorney in America.[1][2]
King earned a B.A. from Mount Morris College in 1891 and a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1895.[3]
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]