Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Personal details
Born
Mary Grace Winterton
September 17, 1869 New York City, US
Died
July 15, 1948(1948-07-15) (aged 78) New York City, US
Spouses
Henry Forrest Quackenbos (m. 1895; div. before 1911)
Howard Donald Humiston (m. 1911; died 1943)
Alma mater
Hunter College
New York University (LL.B.)
Profession
Lawyer
Mary Grace Quackenbos Humiston (née Winterton) (1869–1948) was the first female Special Assistant United States Attorney.[1] She was a graduate of the New York University School of Law and was a leader in exposing peonage in the American South. She was also known for a short time as "Mrs. Sherlock Holmes", starting with her work solving the cold case of Ruth Cruger who disappeared in New York in 1917.
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