Background
Stanley, Winifred Claire was born in New York City. Daughter of John Francis and Mary (Gill) Stanley.
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Winifred Claire Stanley
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Bachelor magna cum laude, University Buffalo, 1930. Juris Doctor, University Buffalo, 1933.
Career
Associate Finck & Huber, Buffalo, 1934—1937. Assistant district attorney Erie County (New York ), 1938—1942. Representative-at-large United States Congress, 1943—1944.
Chief counsel New York State Employees' Retirement Systems, Albany, Alabama, 1945—1955. Assistant attorney general New York State Law Department Appeals Bureau, 1955—1979. Private practice, 1980—1981, Kenmore, New York, since 1981.
Represented New York state employees' retirement system in their appeals of state's denial of claims for disability retirement and accidental death benefi. Vice president Young Women's Republican Club Erie County, Buffalo, 1933—1934. President Buffalo Business and Professional Women's Club, 1938—1939.
Board directors Buffalo Young Women’s Christian Association, 1940—1941. Legislation vice-chairman Federation Business and Professional Women's Clubs New York State, 1973—1974. Charter member Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary, Albany, 1979.
Life member Women's National Republican Club. Sustaining member Erie County Republican Committee, Buffalo, since 1981. Member Crippled Children's Guild, Buffalo, Friends of Kenmore/Tonawanda Library, Friends of Buffalo/Erie County Library., Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
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Membership
Member of American Bar Association, Grosvenor Society, Bar Association Erie County, Association Former Members Congress, New York State Bar Association, National Association Women Lawyers, Kappa Beta Pi (life).
