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The Florida Legislature again considered women's suffrage in 1915. [26] The Pensacola Equal Suffrage League worked to get 1,500 signatures in favor of the women's suffrage amendment in the state legislature. [27] Other suffrage groups campaigned, raised money and participated in parades throughout the state in 1915. [28] The bill did not pass. [26]
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
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 ...
The Florida Statutes are the codified statutory laws of the state. [9] In 2009, legislators filed 2,138 bills for consideration. On average, the legislature has passed about 300 bills into law annually. [10] In 2013, the legislature filed about 2,000 bills. About 1,000 of these were "member bills." The remainder are bills by committees ...
Republican lawmakers in more than 30 states have introduced or passed more than 100 bills to either restrict or regulate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the current legislative ...
A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.
Florida Republicans on Wednesday approved bills to ban diversity programs in colleges and prevent students and teachers from being required to use pronouns that don't correspond to someone's sex ...