Kenyon, Dorothy, 1888-1972

Lawyer; Judge; activist. Municipal Court Justice, New York City, 1930's; president of the Consumers' League of New York; appointed to a League of Nations Commission to Study the Legal Status of Women, 1938; U.S. delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1947-50. Charged by Senator Joseph McCarthy with membership in communist organizations and was the first person to appear before Senate Foreign Relations Sub-Committee, 1950. Was on National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1930-1972; prepared legal briefs for civil rights cases for the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund and A.C.L.U. in the 1960s. Was active in civil rights, anti-Vietnam war, and women's liberation movements; and in New York City politics and War on Poverty community projects. Helped to establish Mobilization for Youth legal services for the poor on the Lower West Side, 1968.

From the description of Dorothy Kenyon papers, 1850-1998 (bulk 1888-1971). (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 46440080

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