Dorothy Frooks

Dorothy Frooks
Born(1896-02-12)February 12, 1896
Saugerties, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 13, 1997(1997-04-13) (aged 101)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationsAuthor, publisher, lawyer
Known forPolitical and social activism
SpouseJay P. Vanderbilt (m. 1986)

Dorothy Frooks (February 12, 1896 – April 13, 1997) was an American writer, publisher, military officer, lawyer, and suffragist. She also ran for Congress twice, in 1920 as a member of the Prohibition Party and in 1934 on the Law Preservation ticket for New York's At-large congressional district.

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

A lawyer in Peekskill, New York, she wrote numerous fiction and nonfiction books, including The Olympic Torch, The American Heart, and an autobiography, Lady Lawyer.

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