# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esther-marion-armstrong
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:24:53.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esther-marion-armstrong"
name: "Esther Marion Armstrong"
slug: "esther-marion-armstrong"
description: "Esther Marion Armstrong was the widow of pioneering radio FM inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong. She is notable for continuing — and winning — her husband's patent lawsuits against some of America's largest electronics manufacturers after his suicide.\nIn 13 years of litigation, she was victorious in every battle over her husband's patents, winning financial settlements that restored her vast wealth.\nIn her final years she established awards and took other steps to honor her husband's accomplishments."
tagline: "Widow of Edwin Howard Armstrong"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esther_Marion_MacInnis_(1923).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1898"
deathDate: "1979-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.14
  momentum:             15
  historical:           1.537545333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  34
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Marion_Armstrong"
    title: "Esther Marion Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16008604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations