"Eunice Hunton Carter" {July 16,1899-January 25,1970)

Was born in Atlanta,Georgia  to William  Alphaeus,Sr.Addie  Waite Hunton

who were also prominent educators and activists.They family moved to Brooklyn,New York when Eunice was was five in response to the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906.Eunice received B.A.& M.A. degrees from Smith College in Northampton,Massachusetts in 1921.While writing her masters thesis at Smith College,Euniece was introducd then-M assachusetts Governor Calvin
Coolidge,who became her trusted advisor.
Fellowing graduation in 1921 she worked as a social worker before marrying
dentist Lyle Carter in 1924.
Several years later and after the birth of their,son Eunice began studying law at Fordham University and in 1934 became the first African American woman to pass the New York State Bar.
Eunice entered politics in 1934 when she was nominated by the Republican Party to represent New York's 19th District in the State Assembly.The first African American to gain the Republican nomination for that office,her campaign centered on the need to reduce the age limit for pension,enforce
compliance with legal standards for tenement housing,and the continuation of unemployment insurance.She also opposed racial discrimination in public works employment.Eunice narrowly lost by 1,600 votes.
Following the 1935 riots in Harlem,Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia appointed her secretary on the committee on conditions in Harlem.That same year,Special Prosecuator Thomas Edmund Dewey appointed her his deputy
assistant in what was to that point the largest prosecution of organized crime in U.S.history.She provided the essential legal strategy in convicting Charles "Lucky" Luciano,the most important mafia crime boss
in New York City by marshalling a massive assault on organized prostitution in New York City.Authorities raided 200 brothels to gain testimony against Charles which eventually came from three workers.At that time,this was the largest organized crime prosecution in U.S.history.Eunice served as Assistant District Attroney of New York County for ten years.In 1938,she was named to Thomas staff to lead the Abandonment Bureau of Women's Courts.In 1945,she entered private practice and connected her work with the
National Council of Negro Women to international issues.
In 1947,Eunice was one of fifteen American women invited to attend the first International Assembly on Women in Paris,to discuss "human & educational problems affecting peace & freedom."While there she and Simone Sohier-Brunard,belgium,the President of the Union of Colonial women,compared conditions in African colonies with status of African Americans in the United Studies.She was also a consultant to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations' International Council of  Women.
In 1955,Eunice was elected to chair the International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations.Two years later she attended the United Nations-sponsored Commission on
the Status of Women at Geneva,the European headquarters of the United Nations.While there she was elected "chairman"of the conference of International Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations.Eunice also served on the Executive Committee of the International Council of  Women.In 1957 she attended the international Council of Women of the World as Representative of the National Council of Women of the United States.She was also active in the NAACP and the National Urban League,the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and serve as legal advisor to the National Council of Negro Women and field representative for the Manhattan office.Eunice died in New York City.