!!!Zernik, Clementine

Zernik, Clementine, b. Vienna, Sept. 28, 1905, d. New 
York (USA), Dec. 31, 1996, law graduate, librarian. 1936 became 
one of the first female defence lawyers in Vienna. 1938 emigrated to 
New York, where she graduated from the Teacher´s College of 
Columbia University in 1941. 1940-1943 secretary-general of 
"Austrian Action", an organisation offering material and 
legal support to emigrants; 1943-1945 journalist for American and 
British radio stations. 1948-1975 librarian at the UN Library in New 
York and member and later president of the Austrian-American 
Federation.


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