Dorothy Frooks

Dorothy Frooks
Robert M. McBride and Dorothy Frooks, Stork Club, 1952
Born	February 12, 1896(1896-02-12) Saugerties, New York
Died	April 13, 1997(1997-04-13) (aged 101) New York City
Occupation	author, publisher
Known for	political and social activism
Spouse	Jay P. Vanderbilt (1986 to 1997, her death)

Dorothy Frooks (February 12, 1896 – April 13. 1997) was an American author, publisher, military figure and actress. An intriguing figure for most of her long life, Frooks was active in public affairs and in the military.

In 1934, she ran on the Law Preservation ticket for U.S. Representative-at-large.

She worked as a writer for the New York Evening World and published the Murray Hill News in 1952. She also wrote a pamphlet, entitled Labor Courts Outlaw Strikes, calling for the establishment of a labor court.

As an author, Frooks wrote many fiction and nonfiction books, including The Olympic Torch, The American Heart and Lady Lawyer, her autobiography.

A veteran of both World War I (United States Navy) and World War II (United States Army), Frooks also served as the National Commander of the Women World War Veterans.

Frooks appeared as one of 'The Witnesses' in Warren Beatty's 1981 film Reds along with fellow centenarian radicals Scott Nearing and George Seldes. Frooks, Nearing and Seldes were all first-hand witnesses of the red-baiting, McCarthyism, and Cold War hysteria of the 1950s.

Frooks died in 1997 at the age of 101.

External links

Biography portal

• "Dorothy Frooks". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=672247. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
• Dorothy Frooks papers finding aid at New York Public Library
• Dorothy Frooks, Lady Lawyer
• Dorothy Frooks, Lawyer and Suffragist, Dies New York Times, April 19, 1997

Persondata
Name	Frooks, Dorothy
Alternative names
Short description	American author, publisher, military figure and actress
Date of birth	February 12, 1896
Place of birth	Saugerties, New York
Date of death	April 13, 1997
Place of death	New York City