Born: 23 March 1884, United States
Died: 12 September 1966
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
Florence E. Allen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended New Lyme Institute, Salt Lake College, received her A.B. from the Western Reserve University, her A.M. from the University of Chicago and her LL.B from the New York University,
She was assistant Berlin Correspondent for the New York Musical Courier, and she is a lecturer, author, suffrage worker and was a member of the Board of Education of New York City, 1910-1913. She began practising law in Cleveland. Judge Allen is now serving her second elective term as Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
The following is republished from the Library of Congress. This piece falls under under public domain, as copyright does not apply to “any work of the U.S. Government” where “a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties” (See, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 105).
1884, Mar. 23 Born, Salt Lake City, Utah
1904 B.A., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
1908 M.A., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
1913 LL.B., New York University, New York, N.Y.
1920 Judge, court of common pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
1922-1934 Associate justice, Ohio Supreme Court
1934-1959 Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1940 Published This Constitution of Ours. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
1952 Published The Treaty as an Instrument of Legislation. New York: Macmillan
1959-1966 Senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1965 Published To Do Justly. Cleveland: Press of Western Reserve University
1966, Sept. 12 Died, Waite Hill, Ohio