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Addie Viola Smith

Smith in 1948

Addie Viola Smith (November 14, 1893 – December 13, 1975) was an American attorney who served as the United States trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1949, the first female Foreign Service officer in the United States Foreign Service to work under the United States Department of Commerce, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner. Smith was born and raised in Stockton, California. In 1917, she moved to Washington, D.C. While working for the United States Department of Labor, she attended the Washington College of Law part-time, earning her bachelor of laws in 1920. In October that year she joined the Foreign Service and was assigned to Beijing as a clerk in the trade commissioner's office. Smith was promoted to assistant trade commissioner in Shanghai in 1922, and appointed trade commissioner there in 1928. She later held roles in the U.S. government, international organizations, and the United Nations. Throughout her life, Smith was also a member of several feminist organizations. Smith met her life partner, Eleanor Mary Hinder, in Shanghai in 1926. Both were memorialized by their friends with two stone seats at the E.G. Waterhouse National Camellia Gardens in Caringbah. (Full article...)

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Main editors: voorts
Promoted: 9 June
Reasons for nomination: rather new FA
Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:35, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as FAC nominator. Just to note that Cora Agnes Benneson, an article on one of the first women to practice law in New England, will run on 17 July, if the coordinators feel the need to space this one out a bit. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise, Nov 14th is right around the corner and would fit just fine there. I personally like the idea of biography pages running on anniveraries of birth so the article could fit then. But it's not a requirement. Harizotoh9 (talk) 10:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The blurb is 1226 characters, which is too long. 750 h+ 03:44, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]