Lillian Westropp, together with her sister Clara, founded this country’s first savings bank run by and for women in 1922, which was later reorganized as the Women’s Federal Savings and Loan Association. She served as its president and board chairman until her death. As a lawyer, she specialized in real estate and finance law. In 1931, she accepted an appointment to fill a seat on the Cleveland Municipal Court. Subsequently elected and reelected, she retired from the bench in 1957. She was one of the early female members of the Cleveland Bar Association and the first woman to serve on its executive committee. She helped organize the Women’s Lawyers Club of Cleveland, the League of Women Voters, the Women’s City Club, and many other political, business, and charitable organizations active in the cause of women’s rights.