Dorothy Frooks

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.

[3] She was one of ten children of Reginald Frooks, a successful businessman, and Rosita Siberz, an international socialite.

[4] Frooks graduated from Hamilton Law School in Chicago and received her master's degree from New York University.

[1] Frooks appeared as one of the "Witnesses" in Warren Beatty's 1981 film Reds, along with fellow centenarian radicals Scott Nearing and George Seldes.