Lincoln, Katherine F. (Katherine Fite), 1905-1989

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U.S. government attorney; assigned to Office of the US Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945; b. Katherine Boardman Fite; married Francis F. Lincoln, 1957.

From the description of Papers of Katherine Fite Lincoln, 1941-1976 (bulk 1945-1948). (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70958925

Katherine Boardman Fite Lincoln was born ca. 1905 in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her A.B. degree from Vassar College in 1926 and her LL.B. in 1930 from Yale University Law School. From 1934 to 1936 she worked as an attorney for the General Claims Commission of the United States and Mexico. In 1937 she began work as the Assistant to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. In July 1945 she was assigned to the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nuremberg, Germany. She married Francis F. Lincoln in 1957, and in 1962 retired from service with the Department of State. Lincoln died on June 20, 1989, probably in or near Boston, Massachusetts.

From the description of Lincoln, Katherine F. (Katherine Fite), 1905-1989 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10573841

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United States
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Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
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Government attorneys
Women lawyers
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Birth 1905

Death 1989

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