About Elizabeth Fletcher Allen
Lived 1905 – 1994 (aged 89). Elizabeth Fletcher Allen was an American lawyer.
Elizabeth Fletcher Allen was an attorney, civil rights activist, and the first Black woman attorney in both the city of South Bend and the state of Indiana. She represented St. Joseph county in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1939 until 1943. Allen and her husband, J. Chester Allen, founded the Allen & Allen law firm. They were one of the first husband and wife law partners in South Bend.
Allen died on December 23, 1994.
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Who was Elizabeth Fletcher Allen?
American attorney, civil rights activist
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Elizabeth Fletcher Allen was born on 16 September 1905.
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Elizabeth Fletcher Allen died on 23 December 1994.
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Elizabeth Fletcher Allen was a lawyer.
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Elizabeth Fletcher Allen was American.
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