| Florence King | |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1870 |
| Birth Place: | Hudson, Iowa |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality: | American |
| Other Names: | Florence Embrey |
| Occupation: | Patent attorney |
| Years Active: | 1897-1924 |
Florence King (June 22, 1870June 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]