Harron (Marion Janet), 1903-1972

Marion Janet Harron (September 3, 1903 – September 26, 1972) was an American lawyer and United States Tax Court judge from 1936 to 1970. She is also known for her five-year affair with Lorena Hickok.[1] Harron was a frequent visitor at the White House during the 1940s. Harron was born in San Francisco, California bachelor's degree at the University of California in 1924,[8] and completed a law degree at Berkeley's Boalt Hall in 1926 In 1936 Harron was the second woman appointed to the United States Board of Tax Appeals, succeeding Annabel Matthews. In 1940 she was named one of the "Ten Most Accomplished Women in the United States Born Since 1900", alongside Clare Booth Luce, Helen Hayes, Marian Anderson, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. After a 1949 Senate confirmation hearing she was reappointed as a judge of the Tax Court of the United States