E. Jean Nelson Penfield

E. Jean Nelson Penfield (1872–1961) was an American lawyer, parliamentarian, lecturer, suffragist, author, and poet. In 1892, she was the winner of an interstate oratorical contest with 63 competing colleges from 11 states; till then, she was the only woman who had ever taken this honor. Penfield served as National President of the Kappa Kappa Gamma from 1900 to 1902. She co-founded the League of Women Voters, and was active in the organization of the woman's suffrage party, and the department of practical law for women in the Brooklyn Law School. She was also a director of the international committee on marriage and divorce.