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The bill passed the Florida Senate by 23 to 7 on April 23. [26] Several members of the Florida House spoke in favor of women's suffrage. [34] The bill did not receive the necessary three-fifth majority to pass. [34] Alice Paul visited Florida in May 1917 to recruit members for the National Woman's Party (NWP) and form a chapter. [35]
The Florida Federation of Women's Clubs (FFWC) endorses women's suffrage. [16] A women's suffrage bill is considered by the State Legislature, but does not pass. [19] 1916. March 15–16: Equal suffrage convention held in Miami. [16] 1917. April: Another effort to pass a women's suffrage bill is taken up, but eventually fails in the State ...
The state also passes a statute that proclaimed women who had abortions could be given a prison sentence of three months to a year. It was one of the few states at the time to have laws punishing women for getting abortions. [8] Florida: Married women are given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4] 1846
While the state’s 15-week abortion ban was challenged in court, legislatures moved to restrict the procedure even more and in April 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning most ...
Last year, Republican lawmakers in the state introduced 10 bills targeting LGBTQ people, with four becoming law, including a measure that expanded Florida’s Parental Rights in Education act, or ...
DeSantis is pursing an aggressive conservative agenda on race, gender and education ahead of his expected candidacy, continuing a stance that has made him one of the most popular Republicans in ...
The program was created by an act of the Florida Legislature and is overseen by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women (FCSW), a nonpartisan board created in 1991 to study and "make recommendations to the Governor, Cabinet and Legislature on issues affecting women". The FCSW also manages the Florida Achievement Award for those who have ...
Hammer's efficacy as lobbyist in Florida for her Second Amendment agenda, has led to Florida being dubbed the "Gunshine State" — not just the "Sunshine State". [ 2 ] In a February 2, 2017 opinion piece, Hammer wrote that, in "the 1970s and 1980s, one of the more blatant areas of abuse by local governments was the unconstitutional regulation ...