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Florence Ellinwood Allen (March 23, 1884 - September 12, 1966) was an American judge and activist. She was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and received her commission in 1934. She was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a United States federal judge. A pacifist, Allen was an opponent of war and argued that the only way to avoid war was to outlaw it. In 2005, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Bain News Service, undated.