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	Record Group Number:	000650
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 1790
	Creator:	Florida Commission on the Status of Women.
	Title, Dates:	Florida Women's Hall of Fame nomination files, 1992-2008.
	Amount:	15.25 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological by year, then alphabetical by last name of nominee.
	Restrictions:	RESTRICTED: Box 18 is a RESTRICTED BOX containing confidential/exempt records separated from other boxes. Redacted copies have been placed in original record locations where possible. /// Social Security Numbers present in these records are exempt from public disclosure per s. 119.071(5), F.S.
	Terms Governing Use:	Archives staff will review records prior to providing them to researchers and will provide researchers with redacted copies of any records containing Social Security Numbers.
	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 Rubin Askew's Executive Order in 1972. The 1974 Legislature granted funding to establish an office, however, by 1978 other entities had largely absorbed the Commission's budget. In 1979 Governor Bob Graham's Executive Order 79-60 re-activated the Commission 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). 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. The Florida Women's Hall of Fame began in 1982 under the sponsorship of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. Twenty-seven women were selected as members of the Hall of Fame from 1982 to 1986, but the Hall fell dormant when Governor Graham left office. In 1992, the legislature passed a bill proposed by Governor Lawton Chiles that created a permanent Florida Women's Hall of Fame, and the project became a function of the Commission.
	Summary:	The series documents the nomination and selection process of candidates for the Florida Women's Hall of Fame. The nominees represent individuals from various ethnic backgrounds and religious denominations, as well as, social, environmental and political activists. The series contains nomination forms, correspondence, letters of recommendation, memos, biographies, news clippings and press releases that pertain to each nominee. It also contains correspondence between Commission members, and between Commission members and Government officers, regarding the selection of the winners and the induction ceremonies.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Florida. Attorney General. Governor, Office of the. Women, Commission on the Status of. Women's Hall of Fame African American women. Anglo-Americans Caribbean Americans Florida Cuban Americans. Hispanic Americans Florida Women Florida Women Awards Women artists Florida Women in medicine Florida Women lawyers Florida Women legislators Florida Women political activists Florida Women teachers Florida Women's rights Florida Articles. aat Clippings. aat Electronic mail. aat Invitations. aat Letters. aat Press releases. aat Programs. aat Reports. aat
	Added Entries	Florida Women's Hall of Fame