# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bessie-margolin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:04:57.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bessie-margolin"
name: "Bessie Margolin"
slug: "bessie-margolin"
description: "Bessie Margolin was an American lawyer and activist. She was a U.S. Department of Labor attorney from 1939 until 1972, arguing numerous cases before the Supreme Court. Margolin undertook a large amount of litigation related to the Fair Labor Standards Act, creating a vast body of law in the area of employment standards in the process."
tagline: "American lawyer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JFK_with_1963_Federal_Woman's_Award_winners.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "1996-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.60378
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيسي مارغولين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيسى مارجولين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Margolin"
    title: "Bessie Margolin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "بسی مارگولین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besi_Margolin"
    title: "Besi Margolin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4896483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump