Background
Sullivan, Florence M. was born on January 20, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Sullivan, Florence M. was born on January 20, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
She graduated from Saint John"s University School of Law in 1974, was admitted to the bar in 1975, and worked as an Assistant Doctorate.A. of Kings County.
Then she went back to school, earned a college degree, and taught high school. She also entered politics as a Republican. In 1982, she ran in the Republican primary for United States. Senator from New York, and defeated Whitney North Seymour, Junior. and Muriel Siebert.
Sullivan was also nominated on the Conservative and the Right to tickets to oppose the incumbent Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan at the United States Senate election in New York, 1982, but Moynihan scored a decisive victory over Sullivan, polling almost the double number of votes.
She is a partner in the New York City law firm of Connors & Sullivan.
She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1979 to 1982, sitting in the 183rd and 184th New York State Legislatures.