Lillian D. Rock

Lillian D. Rock (August 6, 1896 – 1974) was an American lawyer and political activist.

[1] She passed the New York state bar exam in 1925 and entered practice with her brother Nathaniel as part of the New York City law firm Rock and Rock.

[1] The pair remained in practice for over a decade, handling more than 5,000 cases by their own count.

[1] Rock was active in the National Association of Women Lawyers.

In 1935 Rock founded a political organization called League for a Woman President and Vice President, with its mission the persuasion of one of the major American political parties to nominate a woman for one or both of these top executive governmental positions by 1940.