Eloise B. Cushing

Eloise B. Cushing (1887–1977) was an American attorney. She was the first woman to engage actively in the practice of law in Oakland, California. A life-long member of Soroptimist International since joining in 1921, she did the major writing of the organization's first Constitution and By-Laws, which was required to file for the Charter; this document went on to serve as the guidelines for all the national and international Soroptimist clubs. For 47 years, she served as the librarian of the Alameda County Law Library. in December 1925, and later became acting president; charter member of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Oakland, of which she was parliamentarian; member of the Oakland Forum and on its legislative committee; on the legislative committee of the League of Women Voters of California. She served on the Speakers' Bureau for the Oakland Community Chest. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.