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The first meeting of the League of American Pen Women was organized in 1897 by Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue, a writer for newspapers in Washington D.C. and Boston. Together with Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton they established a "progressive press union" for the women writers of Washington."
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 ]
Despite the lack of an outright ban on child marriage in Florida, Johnson stated that she was pleased with the bill, saying, "I can deal with the line of [age] 17 with all of the requirements." [9] While she was happy with the legislative victory in Florida, Johnson indicated that her activism against child marriage was not over. She stated ...
Two Florida legislators, State Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Miami, and State Representative Fabian Basabe, R-Miami Beach, are helping create change.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced legislation that would modify the requirements to receive federal benefits for welfare and SNAP. Named the "Let's Get to Work Act of 2022," the bill proposes...
More than 130 women and organizations travel to Tallahassee to participate in Florida Women's Day at the Capitol. This annual event brings together legislators, public policy experts, members of community organizations, and the public in order to inform and motivate women to engage in the legislative process, and to help them gather the tools ...
September 7: Helen Hunt West becomes the first woman in Florida to register to vote with full suffrage rights. [27] [28] 1921. The Florida Equal Franchise League dissolves and forms into the League of Women Voters of Florida. [7] 1924. The Indian Citizenship Act is passed, giving Native Americans citizenship in the United States. [29]
An inmate who became pregnant while in a Florida county jail is scheduled to have a hearing on Jan. 24 in which she will request a transfer to house arrest, her attorney said Thursday.. Daisy Link ...