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Dorothy Frooks

American author and publisher

Died when: 101 years 60 days (1214 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Dorothy Frooks

Dorothy Frooks (February 12, 1896 – April 13, 1997) was an American writer, 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.

A lawyer in Peekskill, New York, she wrote numerous fiction and nonfiction books, including The Olympic Torch, The American Heart, and an autobiography, Lady Lawyer.


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