She was born
Dorothy Fleming Bell on September 14, 1911, in
Augusta, Georgia, the daughter of Harry Rushton Bell. She graduated from Augusta Training School for Teachers and then taught school in Augusta. She married Stillson Freeman Lawrence (died 1957), and they had one son. She entered politics as a
Republican. From 1941 to 1943, she was Congressional Secretary to Congressman
William T. Pheiffer. She was an alternate delegate to the
1952,
1956 and
1960 Republican National Conventions. Dorothy Bell Lawrence was a member of the
New York State Assembly (New York Co., 8th D.) from 1959 to 1963, sitting in the
172nd,
173rd and
174th New York State Legislatures. In November 1961, she ran for
Borough President of Manhattan but was defeated by the Democratic incumbent
Edward R. Dudley. On May 2, 1963, she was appointed to the New York State Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board. In 1966, she was appointed to the New York State Commission for Human Rights. She lived at
Sutton House as of 1960 She died in May 1973. ==Sources==