Andresen, Marie O.
1889 -

Details
Born: 4/27/1889 in Chicago, Illinois
Professional Facts

Regions and States of Practice:
IL, Midwest
Legal Education:
University of Illinois College of Law
Other Education:
Northwestern University
Positions During Her Career:
Freehand draftsman and specification writer in the architectural and engineering office of her father
Teacher in Cook County, Illinois
Did cancer, chemical, and pathological research under Drs. Maximillian Herzog, Bissell, and Le Count in Cook County Hospital (1912)
Clerk for the Board of Local Improvements, City of Chicago (1917)
Attorney for the State of Illinois Department of Labor (1918-1922)
Director of Labor for the Chicago Mfg. District (1922)
Private practitioner (1922-)
Assistant State's Attorney, Criminal Court in Cook County, Illinois (1923-1927)
Assistant State's Attorney, Juvenile Court of Chicago
Assistant Attorney, Sanitary District of Chicago (1929-)
On the National Advisory Committee from Illinois for the New York World's Fair (1939-1940)
Firsts:
Woman in Illinois to cast a vote in the Presidential Preference Primary (1912)
Accomplishments:
Awarded the Mergler Scholarship in Science and Medicine from the University of Illinois (1912)


Further Research Materials

References:
Laura Miller Derry, Digest of Women Lawyers and Judges. Lousville, Kentucky: Dunne Press (1949)