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Social and political activist [80] Carita Doggett Corse (1891–1978) 1997 Florida director of Federal Writers' Project [81] M. Athalie Range (1916–2006) 1997 Political activist, first African-American and second woman elected to the Miami City Council [82] Marjorie Harris Carr (1915–1998) 1996 Conservationist [83] Betty Castor (b. 1941) 1996
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1]
The Florida State League of Women Voters was founded on March 31, 1921 by May Mann Jennings, at a meeting in Jacksonville. [2] It immediately voted to affiliate with the national League of Women Voters , although unlike the national organization and the Leagues in other states, the FSLWV was not the successor of a suffrage organization . [ 2 ]
An abortion rights group says more than 150,000 of the voters who have signed its petition to get protections into the Florida constitution are Republicans. Florida abortion rights activists win ...
In 2014, political activist and women's rights leader Leslie Wimes founded the Democratic African-American Woman's Caucus (DAAWC) in Florida. She enlisted the help of Wendy Sejour and El Portal mayor Daisy Black to help Black women in the state of Florida have a voice. [147]
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Aug. 26—(StatePoint) Black/African American women-owned businesses make significant contributions to the economy and are key to driving small business growth. In fact, according to the Wells ...
In January 2020, Ramírez announced that she was launching a new initiative called The Latinx House with filmmaker and activist Alexandra Martinez Kondracke, and Mexican actress, producer, entrepreneur and activist Olga Segura. The Latinx House, which is a project within Ramírez's organization Justice for Migrant Women, aims to create ...