across the United States. In 1884, she testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the legal status of women. In 1884, John Couzins became U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri and he made Phoebe one of his deputies. As his health failed, Phoebe started taking over some of his duties. After his death in 1887, Couzins became the first female U.S. Marshal in the country, a position which she held for two months. Upon Phoebe's father's death in 1887, President Grover Cleveland appointed Phoebe interim marshal. However, two months later, Phoebe was replaced by a man. Couzins served as commissioner for Missouri, on the National Board of Charities and Correction. She was also on the St. Louis World's Fair board of directors. She had written a number of books during her time as Marshal, regarding law and governance. In 1882 President Chester A. Arthur considered her for a position on the Utah Territory Commission. Involvement in the suffrage movement During the Civil War, Couzins worked for the Ladies Union Aid Society. It was a society consisting of a considerable number of suffragists, including Annie Turner Wittenmyer and Virginia Minor. Perhaps influenced by this, both Phoebe and Adaline joined the St. Louis Women Suffrage Association. Couzins contributed to "The Revolution", a women's suffrage publication. She served as a delegate to the American Equal Rights Convention in 1871, which was attended by Susan B. Anthony. After the convention, she aligned causes with Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to form the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and toured extensively around the country. The Woman Suffrage Association of Missouri merged with the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) in 1871, which caused Couzins to resign from the group, as she favored the radical approach of the NWSA. After the merge, Couzins was outspoken in her support of the NWSA leadership. She believed that the merge spurred the rise of a new type of suffragist- one who was young and wealthy, and was fighting for suffrage for reasons that opposed her own. She also had a job as secretary of the Board of Lady Managers, but attempted to dominate the meetings, and was fired. She sued for reinstatement, but lost. Prior to her appointment to the Board of Lady Managers, she was a founding member of the Chicago women's group, the Queen Isabella Association. Phoebe later changed positions and renounced woman suffrage and