Fanny Hallock Carpenter (October 8, 1854 – May 10, 1939) was an American lawyer and clubwoman. She was the first woman to win a case before the New York Court of Appeals and the President of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs.
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.png) Fanny Hallock Carpenter in 1912 | |
| Born | October 8, 1854 Rainbow, Connecticut, US |
| Died | May 10, 1939 (aged 84) |
| Education | Mills College, California |
| Alma mater | New York University Law School |
| Occupations | lawyer and clubwoman |
Biography
editShe was born as Fanny Hallock in Rainbow, Connecticut in 1854.[1] Her father Thomas Henderson was a Congregational minister.[1][2]
She was educated at Mills College in California.[3] Hallock married Philip Carpenter on September 3, 1880,[2] then trained to become a lawyer after her marriage. She graduated from the New York University Law School in 1896.
She became the first woman to win a case before the New York Court of Appeals.[3] In 1902, she testified at a Congressional hearing at the United States House of Representatives that was considering a proposal to adopt a constitutional amendment against polygamy.[4]
In 1896, Carpenter joined the American women's club Sorosis, then became president of the organisation in 1907.[1] She was also elected president of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs in 1909.[5]
She died in 1939.[citation needed]
References
edit- 1 2 3 The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Edited by Distinguished Biographers, Selected from Each State, Revised and Approved by the Most Eminent Historians, Scholars, and Statesmen of the Day. Vol. 14. J. T. White Company. 1910. p. 323.
- 1 2 "CLASS OF 1877". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. October 1919. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- 1 2 McArthur, Judith N. (1998). Creating the New Woman: The Rise of Southern Women's Progressive Culture in Texas, 1893-1918. University of Illinois Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-252-06679-5.
- ↑ Moore, Kathleen M. (August 10, 1995). Al-Mughtaribūn: American Law and the Transformation of Muslim Life in the United States. State University of New York Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4384-1349-5.
- ↑ Concerning Women. The Evening News. 1909. p. 2.