Mary Donlon Alger (née Mary Honor Donlon, August 25, 1893 Utica, Oneida County, New York – March 5, 1977 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona) was an American lawyer and politician. She was the first woman appointed to a federal judgeship in New York.
She was the daughter of Joseph M. Donlon and Mary (Coughlin) Donlon. She graduated from Cornell University and the Cornell Law School in 1920. While a law student, she was the first female editor-in-chief o...
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Mary Donlon Alger (née Mary Honor Donlon, August 25, 1893 Utica, Oneida County, New York – March 5, 1977 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona) was an American lawyer and politician. She was the first woman appointed to a federal judgeship in New York.
She was the daughter of Joseph M. Donlon and Mary (Coughlin) Donlon. She graduated from Cornell University and the Cornell Law School in 1920. While a law student, she was the first female editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Quarterly, and the first female editor-in-chief of any US law review. She served on Cornell's Board of Trustees from 1937 to 1966 when she became a Trustee Emeritus and Presidential Councillor.
In 1940, she ran on the Republican ticket for an at-large seat in the U.S. House of Representatives but lost to the Democratic incumbent Caroline O'Day. She was Chairwoman of the New York State Industrial Board from 1944 to 1945, and Chairwoman of the New York State Workers Compensation Board from 1945 to 1955. In 1947, she served on...
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