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Elinor Coonrod | |
|---|---|
 Coonrod, from a 1922 newspaper | |
| Born | 1880s |
| Died | February 12, 1929 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Other name | Eleanor Coonrod |
| Occupations | Lawyer, suffragist, clubwoman |
Elinor Coonrod (1880s – February 12, 1929[1]) was an American lawyer, clubwoman, and suffragist. She was secretary of the Chattanooga Equal Suffrage League, executive secretary of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW), and the first woman admitted to the Tennessee Bar Association.
Early life and education
[edit]Coonrod was from Chattanooga, Tennessee,[2][3] the daughter of S. A. Coonrod and Elizabeth Conway Coonrod. Her mother was a teacher, born in Ohio.[4] She graduated from U.S. Grant University[5] in 1907, and was the first woman admitted to the Tennessee bar, in 1909.[6][7] She was later ejected from the Tennessee Bar Association when she failed to remit collected dues.[8][9]
Career
[edit]Coonrod was secretary of the Chatanooga Equal Suffrage League, first president of the Chattanooga Business Women's Club,[10][11] and head of the legislation department of the Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs.[7][12] During World War I she was clerk of the Dade County, Georgia, draft exemption board.[13][14] After the war, she held managerial and sales roles with companies in Chattanooga and Cleveland.[7][11][15]
She moved to New York City in 1922,[16][17] when she succeeded fellow lawyer Lena Madesin Phillips[18][19] as executive secretary of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women.[20][21][22] As BPW executive, she made a national lecture tour in 1924.[23][24] She lectured on taxation to the Chattanooga BPW in 1926.[25]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Obituary 5 -- No Title". The New York Times. 1929-02-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ "City is Praised by Miss Coonrod; Chattanooga is Unsurpassed, She Tells Kiwanis Auxiliary". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1925-11-04. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Miss Coonrod Feted by Business Women; Executive Secretary of National Federation". The Chattanooga News. 1923-01-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Mrs. Elizabeth Coonrod". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1910-02-25. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ McGuffey, Charles D. (1911). Standard History of Chattanooga, Tennessee: With Full Outline of the Early Settlement, Pioneer Life, Indian History, and General and Particular History of the City to the Close of the Year 1910. Crew and Dorey. p. 372.
- ↑ "UTC Herstory: Trailblazing women, fun facts and more". UTC News. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- 1 2 3 "Business Women to Meet with Chattanooga Club". The Atlanta Constitution. 1922-06-11. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Laska, Lewis (2015-10-01). "Tennessee Lawyers Did Not Object to Women Voting". Letters of the Law. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Bar Association of Tennessee (1915). Proceedings of the Annual Session of the Bar Association of Tennessee. pp. 133–135.
- ↑ "Miss Coonrod Honored by Business Women". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1921-08-11. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Miss Coonrod in New Field; Leader of Business Women's Club Goes to Cleveland". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1922-08-03. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Official Register and Directory of the Women's Clubs in America. Helen M. Winslow. 1910. p. 225.
- ↑ "Forresters in the War; Dade County Ordinary Defends His Family". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1918-07-02. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Approval for Miss Coonrod; Provost Marshal-General's Office Sends Message". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1918-07-04. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tennessee: Fill Your Job". The Independent Woman: 31. June 1921.
- ↑ "For Miss Sears, Miss Coonrod; Dinner Party Given by Business Women's Club". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1923-03-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Miss Coonrod Ill at Gotham; Former Chattanooga Clubwoman Now in Hospital". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1922-12-28. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "With the Women of Today". The Times-Union. 1922-11-15. p. 4. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Miss Coonrod in High Place; National Secretary Federation of Women's Clubs". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1922-10-09. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Educational Comment" Virginia Teacher 4(1)(January 1923): 19.
- ↑ "Who We Are". BPW-TN. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Women of 1923 International. John C. Winston. 1923. p. 20.
- ↑ "State BPW Convention; Miss Elinor Coonrod Banquet Speaker; Outline of Program". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 1924-05-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Business Women Will Entertain National Leaders; Miss Elinor Coonrod and Miss Louise D. Mason". Beloit Daily News. 1924-04-14. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "'Taxation' Topic of Miss Coonrod; Revenue Laws Explained to Members of Chattanooga Business Women's Club". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1926-01-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Women of Today. Women of Today Press. 1928. p. 343.
- ↑ "Elinor Coonrod Dies in New York; Was Prominent Leader in Woman's Club Affairs". The Chattanooga News. 1929-02-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Elinor Coonrod Dead; Was Former Business, Professional Women's Club Officer". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via Newspapers.com.