Uploads from State Library and Archives of Florida, tagged woman, with geodata

Unidentified Seminole mother and child

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:23:19 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: JJS2214

Title: Unidentified Seminole mother and child

Date: January 5, 1947

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 14 x 11 in.

Series Title: Joseph Janney Steinmetz Collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/254570

Novelist MacKinlay Kantor playing the guitar: Sarasota, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:18:38 -0800

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: JJS1059

Title: Novelist MacKinlay Kantor playing the guitar: Sarasota, Florida

Date: July 29, 1950

General note: Kantor won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his novel Andersonville.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 5 x 4 in.

Series Title: Joseph Janney Steinmetz Collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/246386

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:32:59 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: DG00305

Title: Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll

Date: March 18, 2011

General note: Carroll is the first woman elected Lieutenant Governor in Florida. She is also the first African-American to hold that position. Carroll served as a state legislator for seven years and is a veteran of the United States Navy.

Physical descrip: 1 digital image - col.

Series Title: Florida Department of State collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/96298

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Marjorie Harris Carr

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:24:23 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: N035275

Title: Marjorie Harris Carr

Date: 1990s

General note: A biologist and Florida environmental activist, Carr was the first female wildlife technician for the Federal government. She founded the Florida Defenders of the Environment and successfully led the effort to stop the construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal and to restore the Ocklawaha River.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Series Title: General collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/144623

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JoAnn Hardin Morgan, posing with a model of the space shuttle

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:15:07 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: N041277

Title: JoAnn Hardin Morgan, posing with a model of the space shuttle

Date: 1995

General note: Morgan was the first woman placed in a senior managerial position at the Kennedy Space Center. She earned a masters degree in engineering at Stanford and rose to Chief Instrumentation controller for the Apollo, Soyez and Skylab launches. In 1995, she became the Director for Safety and Mission Assurance for NASA.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Series Title: General collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/149367

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Betty Castor

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:06:47 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PT02734

Title: Betty Castor

Date: ca. 1985

General note: Florida's first female cabinet member, Castor was President pro tempore in the Senate from 1985-86. She served as a Florida State Senator from 1976 to 1986 and as Florida's Commissioner of Education from 1986 to 1994.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 4 in.

Series Title: Political collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/21345

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

New Supreme Court Justice Rosemary Barkett being sworn into the Supreme Court: Tallahassee, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:33:53 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: MF0010

Title: New Supreme Court Justice Rosemary Barkett being sworn into the Supreme Court: Tallahassee, Florida

Date: 1985

General note: Barkett was the first woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court. She currently serves as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 8 in.

Series Title: Mark Foley Collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/133901

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Cynthia Dick, Tallahassee's first female Fire Chief

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:21:29 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PR20649

Title: Cynthia Dick, Tallahassee's first female Fire Chief

Date: October 5, 2005

General note: Chief Cynthia E. Dick was born in St. Petersburg, Florida on October 19, 1965. She moved to Tallahassee in 1978. Her career in firefighting began with the Tallahassee Fire Department in 1987. She was promoted to Lieutenant in 1992, to Captain in 1997, and then to Fire Chief on October 1, 2005. During her career with the department she has served in various divisions, such as Suppression, Training and Special Services.

Physical descrip: 1 digital image - col.

Series Title: Print collections

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/14136

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Journalist Lucy Morgan with video camera and phone

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:06:14 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: DND0902

Title: Journalist Lucy Morgan with video camera and phone

Date: ca. 1985

General note: Lucy W. Morgan was born in 1940, and began her career in 1965 as a general reporter for the Ocala Star-Banner. In 1968, she joined the St. Petersburg Times, where in 1986 she was appointed Chief of the paper's Capital Bureau in Tallahassee. A recipient of numerous awards, her career was highlighted by winning the 1985 Pulitzer Prize (along with fellow reporter Jack Reed) for investigative reporting. In 2005, at the end of the legislative session, the Florida Senate honored her by renaming their press gallery the Lucy Morgan Senate Press Gallery for her 20 years of reporting on the Legislature. On March 14, 2006 she was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - col. - 35 mm.

Series Title: Donn Dughi collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/103503

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Representative Carrie Meek

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:52:45 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: N035226

Title: Representative Carrie Meek

Date: 1980

General note: Representative Carrie Meek's shirt reads: "A women's place is in the House and the Senate." Meek wore this prophetic T-shirt in the Florida House chamber in 1980, where she served from 1978 to 1983. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman elected to the Florida Senate. Meek later served in the United States Congress (1992-2001). Prior to her career in politics, she taught at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach and Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Series Title: General collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/144574

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

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Toni Jennings

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:43:00 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PT02749

Title: Toni Jennings

Date: ca. 1983

General note: Jennings served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1976 to 1980, and the Florida Senate from 1980 to 1995. Under Jeb Bush, she became the first woman appointed Lieutenant Governor of Florida.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 7 x 5 in.

Series Title: Political collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/21359

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:36:45 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PT02736

Title: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Date: ca. 1985

General note: Born in Havana, Cuba, Ros-Lehtinen was the first Hispanic woman to serve in the Florida State Legislature as well as in the United States Congress. She served in the Florida House from 1982-1986, the Florida Senate 1986-1989, and the United States Congress 1989-2001.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 7 x 5 in.

Series Title: Political collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/21347

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:25:24 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PR07037

Title: Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Date: April 4, 1985

General note: Photographed at the naming of the Department of Natural Resources administration building in her honor. Douglas, an environmental activist and popular author, was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 1986 and awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor by President Clinton in 1993 for her conservation efforts.

Physical descrip: 1 photograph - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Series Title: Print collections

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/5622

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Representative Elaine Gordon votes NO: Tallahassee, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:41:03 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: DND0483

Title: Representative Elaine Gordon votes NO: Tallahassee, Florida

Date: December 7, 1984

General note: Gordon was born in the Bronx, New York, but became Florida's "native" daughter. She served in the Florida legislature for 22 years. Gordon distinguished herself through her knowledge of the issues, tireless work, compassion for people and belief in the democratic process.

Accompanying note: "Rep. Elaine Gordon (D-North Miami) is seen as she says 'thumbs down' to an amendment which might have blocked passage of the child abuse legislation which she was in favor of."

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Series Title: Donn Dughi collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/103078

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

Portrait of Sarah Kaplan during World War II

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:37:09 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: MS26418

Title: Portrait of Sarah Kaplan during World War II

Date: ca. 1945

General Note: Kaplan was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps. She served as a nurse under General Patton in the Battle of the Bulge.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 5 x 4 in.

Series Title: MOSAIC collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/136753

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

Mary McLeod Bethune

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:16:52 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PR00755

Title: Mary McLeod Bethune

Date: ca. 1910

General Note: One of the nation's prominent educators and civil rights leaders, Bethune's political career included appointments to the National Youth Administration by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and as a delegate to the founding conference of the United Nations by President Harry S. Truman. She established a school for girls in Daytona Beach that later became Bethune-Cookman College.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Series Title: Print collections

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/730

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

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Portrait of Zora Neale Hurston: Eatonville, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:24:31 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: RC10403

Title: Portrait of Zora Neale Hurston: Eatonville, Florida

Date: ca. 1940

General note: Zora Neale Hurston was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 1990. She stands not only as the most celebrated black female writer ever to work in Florida, but also one of the undisputed titans of American literature.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Series Title: Reference collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/33048

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Visit Florida Memory to learn more about Zora Neale Hurston and listen to field recordings she collected while working for the Federal Writer's Program in the 1930s.

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Betty Mae Jumper

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:39:21 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: PR04788

Title: Betty Mae Jumper

Date: ca. 1970

General note: In 1967, Betty Mae Jumper became the first woman elected chair of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. She was the first woman to lead a major Native American tribe in the 20th century United States. Jumper was among the first Florida Seminoles to earn a high school diploma. She trained as a nurse and helped provide healthcare among the Seminoles, scattered in numerous camps from Indian River County to the Tamiami Trail. In 1994, Jumper was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.

Physical descrip: 1 photograph - b&w - 4 x 6 in.

Series Title: Print collections

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/4263

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Profile portrait of May Mann Jennings

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:02:14 -0800

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: GV000477

Title: Profile portrait of May Mann Jennings

Date: January 8, 1901

General note: May Mann Jennings was born in 1872. The Jennings were married in 1891 and lived in Brooksville before moving to the Governor's mansion in 1901. By 1912, Mrs. Jennings had become active in civic work and politics. After she was widowed in 1920, she headed the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs and was co-founder of the Florida League of Women Voters. She campaigned for women's suffrage, prohibition, better treatment of children and prisoners, education funding, historic preservation, Seminole Indian reservations, fence laws and highway beautification. The 1,800-acre Royal Palm Hammock State Park, which she helped create, was the eastern entrance to the current 1.5 million-acre Everglades National Park. Mrs. Jennings died in Jacksonville in 1963 at the age of 90.

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Series Title: Reference collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/128275

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Women's History Month and to learn more about the contributions of women in Florida history.

Former slave at Kingsley Plantation: Fort George Island, Florida

nobody@flickr.com (State Library and Archives of Florida) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:30:12 -0700

State Library and Archives of Florida posted a photo:

Local call number: N048492

Title: Former slave at Kingsley Plantation: Fort George Island, Florida

Date: ca. 1900

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative; b&w; 5 x 4 in.

Series Title: General collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/156392