Dorothy Frooks
Dorothy Frooks | |
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| Born | February 12, 1896 Saugerties, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 1997 (aged 101) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Author, publisher, lawyer |
| Known for | Political and social activism |
| Spouse | Jay P. Vanderbilt (m. 1986) |
Dorothy Frooks (February 12, 1896 – April 13, 1997) was an American author, publisher, military officer, lawyer, and suffragist. In 1934, she ran on the Law Preservation ticket for New York's At-large congressional district.
She worked as a writer for the New York Evening World and published the Murray Hill News in 1952. She also wrote Labor Courts Outlaw Strikes, a pamphlet calling for the establishment of a labor court.[1]
A lawyer in Peekskill, New York, [citation needed] she wrote numerous fiction and nonfiction books, including The Olympic Torch, The American Heart, and an autobiography, Lady Lawyer.[1]
Life and law career
Dorothy was born on February 12, 1896 on a farm near Saugerties, New York.[2] She was one of the 10 children of Reginald Frooks, a successful businessman, and Rosita Siberz, an international socialite.[3] She and her siblings were raised on 400 acre farm in the Hudson Valley, and spent their winters in the Waldorf Hotel.[3]
She was recruited by her mother's London society friends to give street-corner speeches at the age of 11.[3]
Frooks graduated from Hamilton Law School in Chicago and received her master's degree from New York University. By the early 1920s she was the first full-time lawyer for the Salvation Army.[3]
Military career
Frooks served as chief yeoman in the United States Navy during World War I and as a judge advocate in the United States Army during World War II.[2]
She served as the National Commander of the Women World War Veterans and worked with the Veterans of World War I and the Retreads, an organization for veterans who served in both world wars.[1]
Frooks appeared as one of the "Witnesses" in Warren Beatty's 1981 film Reds, along with fellow centenarian radicals Scott Nearing and George Seldes. Frooks, Nearing and Seldes were all firsthand witnesses of the red-baiting, McCarthyism, and Cold War hysteria of the 1950s.[citation needed]
Death
Frooks died in 1997, at the age of 101, and was interred in Calverton National Cemetery.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Dorothy Frooks papers, 1913-1990". Archives and Manuscripts. New York Public Library. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ a b Thomas, Jr., Robert McG. (April 19, 1997). "Dorothy Frooks, Lawyer and Suffragist, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Jr, Robert Mcg Thomas (April 19, 1997). "Dorothy Frooks, Lawyer and Suffragist, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ NYSCA Literary Tree
External links
- Frooks, Dorothy (1919). The American Heart. Burton Publishing Company.
- Frooks, Dorothy. Lady Lawyer.
- Dorothy Frooks Papers at the New-York Historical Society
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- 1896 births
- 1997 deaths
- American centenarians
- American women journalists
- American pamphleteers
- Law Preservation Party politicians
- 20th-century American actresses
- People from Saugerties, New York
- Journalists from New York (state)
- American suffragists
- Activists from New York (state)
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- American women in World War II
- Women in the United States Army
- American military lawyers
- Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army
- Burials at Calverton National Cemetery
- Women centenarians
- Yeoman (F) personnel