Cynthia Eloise Cleveland Contents Early life Career Personal life References External links Navigation menuLineage BookWho's Who in America"Mr. Cleveland's Sensible Cousin""Cynthia E. Cleveland; The President's Relative Who Has Written a Sensational Book""A Dakota University""Women in Dakota: What the First Lady Lawyer in that Territory Says of their Chances and Position""Miss Cynthia Eloise Cleveland""Cynthia E. Cleveland: An Activist in the Dakotas"His Honor, or Fate's Mysteries; A Thrilling Realistic Story of the United States ArmyThe Washington, D. C. of Fiction: A Research Guide"Another Literary Cleveland"The Cotton States and International Exposition and South, Illustrated"Cynthia Cleveland, First S. D. Woman Lawyer, is Dead""Cynthia in the Dakotas""Remembering Cynthia Cleveland"no201802427291520236107033102169152023610703310216

1845 births1932 deathsAmerican women writersAmerican temperance activistsAmerican lawyersPeople from Canton, New YorkHoward University alumniPeople from Kensington, Maryland


Dakota TerritoryCanton, New YorkHoward UniversityPierre, South DakotaWomen's Christian Temperance UnionU. S. Treasury DepartmentWashington, D. C.women's suffrageChesapeake BayKensington, Maryland












Cynthia Eloise Cleveland

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Cynthia Eloise Cleveland, from an 1896 publication.

Born
(1845-08-13)August 13, 1845
Canton, New York

DiedApril 1932
NationalityAmerican
Occupationlawyer

Cynthia Eloise Cleveland (August 13, 1845 – April 1932) was an American lawyer, politician, writer, and temperance worker. She was the first woman lawyer admitted to the bar in the Dakota Territory.




Contents





  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Early life


Cynthia Eloise Cleveland was born in Canton, New York, the daughter of Erin Cleveland and Laura Marsh Cleveland.[1] She earned law degrees from Howard University in 1899 and 1900.[2] She was described as a cousin or relative of President Grover Cleveland, though she admitted that the connection was distant and they did not know each other.[3][4]



Career


In 1883 Cleveland was based in Pierre, South Dakota[5] when she became the first woman to practice law in the Dakota Territory.[6] She lectured across the region as president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in the Dakotas, and worked for prohibition to be written into the constitutions of North Dakota and South Dakota at statehood.[7] She also raised funds for a Presbyterian university to be built in South Dakota.[5] Having passed the civil service examination in 1885, she worked for the U. S. Treasury Department from 1886 until 1911, as a post office inspector, and lived in Washington, D. C. after 1888.[8]


Cleveland wrote two novels set in Washington D. C., See-Saw: or Civil Service in the Departments (1887)[9] and His Honor; or Fate's Mysteries: A Thrilling Realistic Story of the United States Army (1889).[10][11]See-Saw was considered barely fictional, based as it was so closely on her own experiences with the civil service. "Miss Cynthia E. Cleveland's life is identical with that of her heroine," observed the Chicago Tribune, "except her description of herself, which is entirely different."[12]


She was a member of the Association of American Authors, the Woman's Relief Corps, and the Woman's National Press Association.[13] She spoke against women's suffrage, explaining that "Women in public business know how hard it is to struggle against being considered unfeminine. The ballot would make Amazons of women."[3]



Personal life


After she retired from government work, Cleveland ran a tourist hotel in the Chesapeake Bay. She died in 1932, aged 87 years, at home in Kensington, Maryland.[14]



References




  1. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book (1902): 10.


  2. ^ Who's Who in America (Marquis Who's Who 1911): 375.


  3. ^ ab "Mr. Cleveland's Sensible Cousin" Chicago Daily Tribune (March 22, 1888): 6.


  4. ^ "Cynthia E. Cleveland; The President's Relative Who Has Written a Sensational Book" Harrisburg Telegraph (November 22, 1887): 2. via Newspapers.comopen access


  5. ^ ab "A Dakota University" The Inter Ocean (May 25, 1883): 5. via Newspapers.comopen access


  6. ^ "Women in Dakota: What the First Lady Lawyer in that Territory Says of their Chances and Position" Washington Post (February 18, 1884): 4.


  7. ^ Jayme L. Job, "Miss Cynthia Eloise Cleveland" Dakota Notebook (December 9, 2009).


  8. ^ "Cynthia E. Cleveland: An Activist in the Dakotas" in Jerry L. Bryant, Barbara Fifer, eds., Deadwood Saints and Sinners (Farcountry Press 2017). .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    ISBN 9781560376774


  9. ^ Cynthia Eloise Cleveland, See-Saw: or Civil Service in the Departments (F. B. Dickerson 1887).


  10. ^ Cynthia Eloise Cleveland, His Honor, or Fate's Mysteries; A Thrilling Realistic Story of the United States Army (American News 1889).


  11. ^ James A. Kaser, The Washington, D. C. of Fiction: A Research Guide (Scarecrow Press 2006): 36, 318.
    ISBN 9780810857407


  12. ^ "Another Literary Cleveland" Chicago Tribune (October 25, 1887): 7. via Newspapers.comopen access


  13. ^ Gerald L. Cooper, The Cotton States and International Exposition and South, Illustrated (Illustrator Company 1896): 180-181.


  14. ^ "Cynthia Cleveland, First S. D. Woman Lawyer, is Dead" Argus Leader (April 14, 1932): 15. via Newspapers.comopen access




External links


  • Jerry L. Bryant, "Cynthia in the Dakotas" (biographical essay in manuscript).


  • "Remembering Cynthia Cleveland" Historical Marker, the online newspetter of the Lawrence County (SD) Historical Society (January 26, 2011).








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