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Allen, Sue Ellen

 Person

Biography

Sue Ellen Allen is an American jewelry designer, writer and prison reform activist. Her jewelry designs have been worn by Barbara Bush and Margaret Thatcher. During the early 2000s, Allen was an international fugitive along with her husband, fleeing securities fraud charges. In 2002 or 2003, she was sentenced to prison and subsequently released in 2009. Since then, Allen has been an activist for prison reform and was hosted by President Obama for his State of the Union address in 2016 which addressed mass incarceration rates.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

1992 December, 1992

 folder
Identifier: SC.214.1.1.367
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a column on costume jewelry and black and white and color portraits of jewelry designer Sue Ellen Allen and black and white and color photos of Allen's jewelry, with press releases attached, press releases and tear sheets on Sue Ellen Inc. jewelry.

Dates: 1992