Background
ALLEN, Florence Ellinwood was born on March 23, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Daughter of Clarence S. and Corinne (Tuckerman) Allen.
ALLEN, Florence Ellinwood was born on March 23, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Daughter of Clarence S. and Corinne (Tuckerman) Allen.
Western Reserve University, Bachelor of Arts, 1904, Master of Arts. 1908; Chicago University Law School. New York University Law School, 1913.
Assistant Berlin correspondent New York Museum Courier, 1904-1906. Music editor Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1906-1909. Lecturer education New York City Board Education, 1910-1913.
Began to practice law, Cleveland, 1914. Assistant prosecutor Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1919-1920. Elected judge Court Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, 1920.
Elected judge Supreme Court Ohio, 2 terms, 1922-1934. Appointed Judge United States Circuit Court of Appeals, 1934, chief judge 6th Circuit, 1958-1959, senior judge 1959-1965. Assistant secretary, National Collegiate Equal Suffrage League 1911-1915.
Trustee Western Reserve University.
Member International Bar Association (chairman section human rights 1950, 52. Clubs: Woman’s City and Business Women’s.