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Record Group Number: 000650
Series/Collection Number: .S 1789
Creator: Florida Commission on the Status of Women.
Title, Dates: Employment survey files, 1993-2000.
Amount: 13.00 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological by year, then alphabetical by company name.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1961, President John F. Kennedy created the Commission on the Status of Women, chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, resulting in recommendations that each state establish such a commission. Governor Farris Bryant's 1964 Executive Order established Florida's first Commission on the Status of Women, charged with identifying and increasing public awareness of the needs and concerns of Florida women.

    The Commission existed in name only until activated by Governor Reubin Askew's Executive Order in 1972. The 1974 Legislature granted funding to establish an office and pay a full-time Executive Director as a member of the Governor's staff. However, by 1978, the Commission's budget had been largely absorbed by other entities. Governor Bob Graham's Executive Order 79-60 re-activated the Commission on July 31, 1979, and Graham continued to support the work of the Commission during his administration.

    In 1991 the Legislature established the Florida Commission on the Status of Women in its current form (Chapter 91-77, Laws of Florida; Section 14.24, Florida Statutes). Since that time, the Commission has been fully supported by Florida's Governor, Cabinet, and Legislature. Placed administratively in the Office of the Attorney General, the 22-member Commission is mandated to study issues affecting women and make recommendations to the Governor, Cabinet, and Legislature regarding such issues as socio-economic factors influencing the status of women; encouraging women to assume leadership roles; coordinating efforts of organizations interested in the welfare of women; identifying and recognizing achievements and contributions of women at the local, state, and national levels; and implementing recommendations to improve working conditions, financial security, and legal status of both sexes.
Summary:     The series documents an annual Women in the Workplace survey conducted by the Commission, to gather information about companies' experience in recruiting, retaining, developing, and advancing women in the State of Florida. The series contains correspondence between commission members, and between commission members and companies, regarding the process of the survey; questionnaires returned by the companies; survey results; address labels list; and newsclips.
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Subject Access Fields: Women Florida
Women Employment Florida
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