Daughter of Clarence Emir Allen (1852 PA--1932 CA, son of Edwin Ruthven Allen and Helen Mar Anderson) and Corinne Marie Tuckerman (1856 OH--d CA)
Judge Florence Ellinwood Allen was born March 23, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah one of seven children—five girls, and two boys. She died Sept 12, 1966 at age 82 at 7690 Eagle Rd., Waite Hill, Ohio where she lived with a distant cousin after her health failed.
FLORENCE'S SIBLINGS:
* Mrs. Esther Tuckerman Gaw born Dec 1879 in Summit Co, OH died 1973 of Sonoma Co., CA. A PhD, Dean of Women at Ohio State University/ Spouse, Henry Clinton Gaw
* Mrs Helen Anderson Shockey born April 1881 in Utah, died Sept 13, 1953 in Yucaipa, CA. Buried in Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, CA. Spouse, Frank Elias Shockey born April 18, 1879 in IA, died March 16, 1955 in Los Angeles Co, CA. Buried in Los Angeles Nat'l Cemetery, a WWI US Army Hospital Corps veteran
* Kate Allen born 1886 in Utah, died 1887 in Utah. Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City
* Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Sloane born Nov 23, 1889 in Salt Lake City, UT, died March 31, 1970 in San Diego Co., CA. Spouse, Harrison Grandgirard Sloane born Sept 7, 1888 in San Diego, CA, died Jan 31, 1970 in San Diego Co, CA, a lawyer
* Clarence Emir Allen born Nov 1891 in Utah, died in 1918 serving in WWI
* John Alban Allen born Oct 1894 in Utah, died in 1924.
Florence's parents were Clarence Emir Allen Sr and Corinne Marie (nee Tuckerman). The Allen children were born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her father was a mine manager, and later U.S. Representative from Utah; a professor and linguist. The family moved to Cleveland and he was hired to teach classics at Western Reserve University.
Her father taught her Greek and Latin before she was a teenager and she showed an early love of poetry and a talent for music. After attending New Lyme Institute in Ashtabula, OH, she graduated with honors, a music major, in 1904 from Western Reserve University. Her father sent her to Berlin, Germany where she studied music and also was correspondent for a New York magazine, the "Musical Courier". She planned to be a concert pianist but a nerve injury cut her music career short and she returned to the U.S. in 1906.
Between 1906 and 1909 she was a music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, at the same time as pursuing a graduate degree in political science and constitutional law at Western Reserve. She received her master's degree in 1908.
She attended University of Chicago law school for a year, and then in 1909 transferred to New York University where, to pay her tuition, she worked for the New York League for the Protection of Immigrants. She also earned a law degree from the New York University School of Law in 1913.
Florence returned to Cleveland; was admitted to the Ohio bar; established her own law practice and was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County in 1919.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920 and women could vote for the first time. Florence won a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922. She was the first woman to serve on Ohio's highest court -and also the first woman to serve on "any state's supreme court".
In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. She was one of the first two women judges in a federal court. She eventually became chief judge of the court, until she retired in 1959.
Allen authored several books, including a book of poetry as a young woman and her memoirs, titled To Do Justly (1965).
Throughout her life was a role model for women who wanted to pursue legal careers. She worked hard to challenge discrimination against women. She was awarded dozens of honorary degrees for her contributions to numerous women's organizations and improvements in the status of women. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Florence's memorial service was Friday, Sept 16, 1966 in Cleveland, OH, arrangements by Davis Funeral Home, Willoughby, Ohio.
Sources: Ancestry.com; Census Records; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post, Sept 14, 1966; Chicago Tribune, March 7, 1934 pg 4; US WWI Draft Registration Cards; Census Records; etc.
Judge Florence Ellinwood Allen was born March 23, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah one of seven children—five girls, and two boys. She died Sept 12, 1966 at age 82 at 7690 Eagle Rd., Waite Hill, Ohio where she lived with a distant cousin after her health failed.
FLORENCE'S SIBLINGS:
* Mrs. Esther Tuckerman Gaw born Dec 1879 in Summit Co, OH died 1973 of Sonoma Co., CA. A PhD, Dean of Women at Ohio State University/ Spouse, Henry Clinton Gaw
* Mrs Helen Anderson Shockey born April 1881 in Utah, died Sept 13, 1953 in Yucaipa, CA. Buried in Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, CA. Spouse, Frank Elias Shockey born April 18, 1879 in IA, died March 16, 1955 in Los Angeles Co, CA. Buried in Los Angeles Nat'l Cemetery, a WWI US Army Hospital Corps veteran
* Kate Allen born 1886 in Utah, died 1887 in Utah. Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City
* Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Sloane born Nov 23, 1889 in Salt Lake City, UT, died March 31, 1970 in San Diego Co., CA. Spouse, Harrison Grandgirard Sloane born Sept 7, 1888 in San Diego, CA, died Jan 31, 1970 in San Diego Co, CA, a lawyer
* Clarence Emir Allen born Nov 1891 in Utah, died in 1918 serving in WWI
* John Alban Allen born Oct 1894 in Utah, died in 1924.
Florence's parents were Clarence Emir Allen Sr and Corinne Marie (nee Tuckerman). The Allen children were born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her father was a mine manager, and later U.S. Representative from Utah; a professor and linguist. The family moved to Cleveland and he was hired to teach classics at Western Reserve University.
Her father taught her Greek and Latin before she was a teenager and she showed an early love of poetry and a talent for music. After attending New Lyme Institute in Ashtabula, OH, she graduated with honors, a music major, in 1904 from Western Reserve University. Her father sent her to Berlin, Germany where she studied music and also was correspondent for a New York magazine, the "Musical Courier". She planned to be a concert pianist but a nerve injury cut her music career short and she returned to the U.S. in 1906.
Between 1906 and 1909 she was a music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, at the same time as pursuing a graduate degree in political science and constitutional law at Western Reserve. She received her master's degree in 1908.
She attended University of Chicago law school for a year, and then in 1909 transferred to New York University where, to pay her tuition, she worked for the New York League for the Protection of Immigrants. She also earned a law degree from the New York University School of Law in 1913.
Florence returned to Cleveland; was admitted to the Ohio bar; established her own law practice and was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County in 1919.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920 and women could vote for the first time. Florence won a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922. She was the first woman to serve on Ohio's highest court -and also the first woman to serve on "any state's supreme court".
In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. She was one of the first two women judges in a federal court. She eventually became chief judge of the court, until she retired in 1959.
Allen authored several books, including a book of poetry as a young woman and her memoirs, titled To Do Justly (1965).
Throughout her life was a role model for women who wanted to pursue legal careers. She worked hard to challenge discrimination against women. She was awarded dozens of honorary degrees for her contributions to numerous women's organizations and improvements in the status of women. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Florence's memorial service was Friday, Sept 16, 1966 in Cleveland, OH, arrangements by Davis Funeral Home, Willoughby, Ohio.
Sources: Ancestry.com; Census Records; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post, Sept 14, 1966; Chicago Tribune, March 7, 1934 pg 4; US WWI Draft Registration Cards; Census Records; etc.
Daughter of Clarence Emir Allen (1852 PA--1932 CA, son of Edwin Ruthven Allen and Helen Mar Anderson) and Corinne Marie Tuckerman (1856 OH--d CA)
Judge Florence Ellinwood Allen was born March 23, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah one of seven children—five girls, and two boys. She died Sept 12, 1966 at age 82 at 7690 Eagle Rd., Waite Hill, Ohio where she lived with a distant cousin after her health failed.
FLORENCE'S SIBLINGS:
* Mrs. Esther Tuckerman Gaw born Dec 1879 in Summit Co, OH died 1973 of Sonoma Co., CA. A PhD, Dean of Women at Ohio State University/ Spouse, Henry Clinton Gaw
* Mrs Helen Anderson Shockey born April 1881 in Utah, died Sept 13, 1953 in Yucaipa, CA. Buried in Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, CA. Spouse, Frank Elias Shockey born April 18, 1879 in IA, died March 16, 1955 in Los Angeles Co, CA. Buried in Los Angeles Nat'l Cemetery, a WWI US Army Hospital Corps veteran
* Kate Allen born 1886 in Utah, died 1887 in Utah. Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City
* Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Sloane born Nov 23, 1889 in Salt Lake City, UT, died March 31, 1970 in San Diego Co., CA. Spouse, Harrison Grandgirard Sloane born Sept 7, 1888 in San Diego, CA, died Jan 31, 1970 in San Diego Co, CA, a lawyer
* Clarence Emir Allen born Nov 1891 in Utah, died in 1918 serving in WWI
* John Alban Allen born Oct 1894 in Utah, died in 1924.
Florence's parents were Clarence Emir Allen Sr and Corinne Marie (nee Tuckerman). The Allen children were born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her father was a mine manager, and later U.S. Representative from Utah; a professor and linguist. The family moved to Cleveland and he was hired to teach classics at Western Reserve University.
Her father taught her Greek and Latin before she was a teenager and she showed an early love of poetry and a talent for music. After attending New Lyme Institute in Ashtabula, OH, she graduated with honors, a music major, in 1904 from Western Reserve University. Her father sent her to Berlin, Germany where she studied music and also was correspondent for a New York magazine, the "Musical Courier". She planned to be a concert pianist but a nerve injury cut her music career short and she returned to the U.S. in 1906.
Between 1906 and 1909 she was a music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, at the same time as pursuing a graduate degree in political science and constitutional law at Western Reserve. She received her master's degree in 1908.
She attended University of Chicago law school for a year, and then in 1909 transferred to New York University where, to pay her tuition, she worked for the New York League for the Protection of Immigrants. She also earned a law degree from the New York University School of Law in 1913.
Florence returned to Cleveland; was admitted to the Ohio bar; established her own law practice and was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County in 1919.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920 and women could vote for the first time. Florence won a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922. She was the first woman to serve on Ohio's highest court -and also the first woman to serve on "any state's supreme court".
In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. She was one of the first two women judges in a federal court. She eventually became chief judge of the court, until she retired in 1959.
Allen authored several books, including a book of poetry as a young woman and her memoirs, titled To Do Justly (1965).
Throughout her life was a role model for women who wanted to pursue legal careers. She worked hard to challenge discrimination against women. She was awarded dozens of honorary degrees for her contributions to numerous women's organizations and improvements in the status of women. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Florence's memorial service was Friday, Sept 16, 1966 in Cleveland, OH, arrangements by Davis Funeral Home, Willoughby, Ohio.
Sources: Ancestry.com; Census Records; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post, Sept 14, 1966; Chicago Tribune, March 7, 1934 pg 4; US WWI Draft Registration Cards; Census Records; etc.
Judge Florence Ellinwood Allen was born March 23, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah one of seven children—five girls, and two boys. She died Sept 12, 1966 at age 82 at 7690 Eagle Rd., Waite Hill, Ohio where she lived with a distant cousin after her health failed.
FLORENCE'S SIBLINGS:
* Mrs. Esther Tuckerman Gaw born Dec 1879 in Summit Co, OH died 1973 of Sonoma Co., CA. A PhD, Dean of Women at Ohio State University/ Spouse, Henry Clinton Gaw
* Mrs Helen Anderson Shockey born April 1881 in Utah, died Sept 13, 1953 in Yucaipa, CA. Buried in Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, CA. Spouse, Frank Elias Shockey born April 18, 1879 in IA, died March 16, 1955 in Los Angeles Co, CA. Buried in Los Angeles Nat'l Cemetery, a WWI US Army Hospital Corps veteran
* Kate Allen born 1886 in Utah, died 1887 in Utah. Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City
* Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Sloane born Nov 23, 1889 in Salt Lake City, UT, died March 31, 1970 in San Diego Co., CA. Spouse, Harrison Grandgirard Sloane born Sept 7, 1888 in San Diego, CA, died Jan 31, 1970 in San Diego Co, CA, a lawyer
* Clarence Emir Allen born Nov 1891 in Utah, died in 1918 serving in WWI
* John Alban Allen born Oct 1894 in Utah, died in 1924.
Florence's parents were Clarence Emir Allen Sr and Corinne Marie (nee Tuckerman). The Allen children were born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her father was a mine manager, and later U.S. Representative from Utah; a professor and linguist. The family moved to Cleveland and he was hired to teach classics at Western Reserve University.
Her father taught her Greek and Latin before she was a teenager and she showed an early love of poetry and a talent for music. After attending New Lyme Institute in Ashtabula, OH, she graduated with honors, a music major, in 1904 from Western Reserve University. Her father sent her to Berlin, Germany where she studied music and also was correspondent for a New York magazine, the "Musical Courier". She planned to be a concert pianist but a nerve injury cut her music career short and she returned to the U.S. in 1906.
Between 1906 and 1909 she was a music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, at the same time as pursuing a graduate degree in political science and constitutional law at Western Reserve. She received her master's degree in 1908.
She attended University of Chicago law school for a year, and then in 1909 transferred to New York University where, to pay her tuition, she worked for the New York League for the Protection of Immigrants. She also earned a law degree from the New York University School of Law in 1913.
Florence returned to Cleveland; was admitted to the Ohio bar; established her own law practice and was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County in 1919.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920 and women could vote for the first time. Florence won a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922. She was the first woman to serve on Ohio's highest court -and also the first woman to serve on "any state's supreme court".
In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. She was one of the first two women judges in a federal court. She eventually became chief judge of the court, until she retired in 1959.
Allen authored several books, including a book of poetry as a young woman and her memoirs, titled To Do Justly (1965).
Throughout her life was a role model for women who wanted to pursue legal careers. She worked hard to challenge discrimination against women. She was awarded dozens of honorary degrees for her contributions to numerous women's organizations and improvements in the status of women. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Florence's memorial service was Friday, Sept 16, 1966 in Cleveland, OH, arrangements by Davis Funeral Home, Willoughby, Ohio.
Sources: Ancestry.com; Census Records; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post, Sept 14, 1966; Chicago Tribune, March 7, 1934 pg 4; US WWI Draft Registration Cards; Census Records; etc.
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