Alline E. Marcy

Marcy was born in Rockville, Connecticut, the daughter of Dwight Marcy and Sarah Alline Williams Marcy. Her father was a lawyer and a politician in Connecticut. She studied law with her father and with B. H. Hill. She graduated from Rockville High School in 1886,^[1] and from Boston University School of Law in 1892.^[2]

Marcy worked for a title insurance company and had her own law practice.^[3] Her specialization was conveyancing,^[4] as examiner of titles for the Metropolitan Water Board of Boston, and in the Realty Department of the Massachusetts State House.^[5] She was vice president of the Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers,^[3] and a member of the Professional Women's Club.^[6] Marcy died in a New York City hospital in May 1912, at the age of 44, from complications after a surgery.^[3][7]