Eleanor Bontecou
Eleanor Bontecou | |
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Born | Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S. | February 14, 1891
Died | March 19, 1976 | (aged 85)
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | lawyer, civil rights advocate, law professor, government official |
Eleanor Bontecou (February 14, 1891 – March 19, 1976) was an American lawyer, civil rights advocate, law professor and government official. Bontecou served as an attorney and investigator for both the
Early life and education
Bontecou was born in
Civil rights and war crimes investigations
In 1943, Bontecou joined the
In 1946, Bontecou transferred to the
Advocacy to end poll taxes
Bontecou gave legal advice to the Southern Conference for Human Welfare to assist its campaign to end
In 1941, Bontecou testified before a
Career in academia
In 1922, Bontecou returned to Bryn Mawr as its Acting Dean.
Honors and legacy
A law professorship at
Works
- The Poll Tax (1942)
- Freedom in the Balance: Opinions of Judge Henry W. Edgerton Relating to Civil Liberties (1960)
- The Federal loyalty-security program (1974)
References
- ^ a b c "Eleanor Bontecou, Lawyer, Educator". The Washington Post. 25 March 1976.
- ^ a b Bryn Mawr College, ed. (1917). Register of Alumnae and Former Students.
- ^ "Bryn Mawr Announces the Award of Its Principal Academic Honors, the Four European Fellowships". The New York Times. 6 April 1913.
- ^ Goluboff, Risa Lauren (2007). "The Work of Civil Rights in the Department of Justice". The Lost Promise of Civil Rights. p. 123.
- ^ a b c d Virginia Women in History 2011
- ^ Reed, Linda (1991). Simple Decency & Common Sense: The Southern Conference Movement.
- ^ United States Congress, Senate, Committee on the Judiciary (1942). Hearings, July 19, 1941, March 12-14, July 30, Sept. 22-23, 1942, Volume 1 of Poll Taxes: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 1280, a Bill Concerning the Qualification of Voters Or Electors Within the Meaning of Section 2, Article I, of the Constitution, Making Unlawful the Requirement for the Payment of a Poll Tax as a Prerequisite to Voting in a Primary Or General Election for National Offices, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Government Printing Office. p. 32.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "FORMER HELEN TAFT IS BRYN MAWR DEAN; Mrs. F.J. Manning Chosen to Succeed Miss Bontecou; Held Post Before". The Washington Post. February 25, 1925.