Kross, Anna Moscowitz
1891 - 1979
Details
Alias: Anna Moscowitz
Born: 7/17/1891
Died: 8/27/1979
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Criminal LawJuvenile Law
Labor Law
Profession:
Criminal JusticeChild Law
Labor Relations
Regions and States of Practice:
NY, Northeast
Legal Education:
New York University School of Law, 1911
Other Education:
Columbia University
Positions During Her Career:
Private practitioner (1912-1918, 1923-1933)Attorney in the family court of the Corporation Council for New York City (1918-1923)
Magistrate in New York (1933-1950)
Presiding magistrate of the Home Term Court of the Borough of Manhattan (1946-1954)
Commissioner of Correction of New York City (1954-1966)
Founded the Friendly Visitors, Inc. (1954)
Firsts:
Woman judge in the city magistrates court of New York (1933)Woman commissioner for the Department of Corrections (1953)
Further Research Materials
References:
Revisiting Anna Moscowitz Kross's Critique of New York City's Women's Court: The Continued Problem of Solving the 'Problem' of Prostitution with Specialized Criminal Courts
Mae C. Quinn, Revisiting Anna Moscowitz Kross's Critique of New York City's Women's Court: The Continued Problem of Solving the 'Problem' of Prostitution with Specialized Criminal Courts, 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 665 (2006), available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=817464
Mae C. Quinn, Revisiting Anna Moscowitz Kross's Critique of New York City's Women's Court: The Continued Problem of Solving the 'Problem' of Prostitution with Specialized Criminal Courts, 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 665 (2006), available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=817464
An Inventory to the Anna M. Kross Papers
An Inventory to the Anna M. Kross Papers, Manuscript Collection No. 176, 1918-1974. 20.4 Linear ft., Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, 2006, available at: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/kross.htm
An Inventory to the Anna M. Kross Papers, Manuscript Collection No. 176, 1918-1974. 20.4 Linear ft., Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, 2006, available at: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/kross.htm
Women's History Month Correction Connections: 3 First Ladies: KBD, AMK & Mrs. FDR
Women's History Month Correction Connections: 3 First Ladies: KBD, AMK & Mrs. FDR, New York Correction History Society, available at: http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/amk/3firstladies.html
Women's History Month Correction Connections: 3 First Ladies: KBD, AMK & Mrs. FDR, New York Correction History Society, available at: http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/amk/3firstladies.html
Personal Information for Anna Moskowitz Kross
Personal Information for Anna Moskowitz Kross, Jewish Women's Archive, available at: http://jwa.org/archive/jsp/perInfo.jsp?personID=504
Personal Information for Anna Moskowitz Kross, Jewish Women's Archive, available at: http://jwa.org/archive/jsp/perInfo.jsp?personID=504
Kathleen McLaughlin, Appointment of More Feminine Judges Urged by Business and Professional Clubs, New York Times, November 10, 1935, at 6