Papers Relating to the Career and Retirement of Chief Judge Florence E. Allen, 1958–1961

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Papers Relating to the Career and Retirement of Chief Judge Florence E. Allen, 1958–1961

1958-1961

This series contains a small amount of material gathered about the career of Chief Judge Florence E. Allen, including 1961 correspondence, material from the proceedings in honor of the presentation of her portrait in 1959 and a Fall 1958 New York University Law Center Bulletin article.

.2 linear inches

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SNAC Resource ID: 11672930

National Archives at Chicago

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Allen, Florence Ellinwood, 1884-1966

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Florence Ellinwood Allen (March 23, 1884 – September 12, 1966) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a United States federal judge. In 2005, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Allen was born on March 23, 1884, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Clarence Emir Allen Sr., a mine manager, and later United States R...