DUDLEY FIELD MALONE: SCOTT'S CHRONICLES OF CROTON'S BOHEMIA CONTINUES

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THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF ROBERT SCOTT’S CHRONICLES OF CROTON’S BOHEMIA: DUDLEY FIELD MALONE, a two part article that chronicles his amazing career--and his prominent role in the women's suffrage movement. See both installments below:  

DUDLEY FIELD MALONE, 1: THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS

With the ratification of the 19th Amendment by the state of Tennessee on August 18, 1920, women gained the right to vote. 

It was not only a right whose time had come; it was long overdue. Women could vote in elections in 27 other nations before suffrage became law in the United States. 

Four Croton women profiled previously in these pages—Louise Bryant, Inez Milholland, Crystal Eastman and Doris Stevens--had actively participated in the struggle for women's suffrage. 

It is now time to pay tribute to one man who played a significant role in the fight: Dudley Field Malone. READ MORE HERE: http://www.notorc.blogspot.com/2013/02/dudley-field-malone-1-courage-of-his.html

DUDLEY FIELD MALONE, 2: From Croton to Paris to Hollywood

Internationally famous lawyer Dudley Field Malone played a prominent role in spectacular human rights causes early in the 20th century. 

When women who were lawfully picketing the White House and Capitol were arrested and jailed for obstructing the sidewalk, he defended them in court. READ MORE HERE: http://www.notorc.blogspot.com/2013/02/dudley-field-malone-2-from-ceroton-to.html