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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.
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This series documents a variety of issues that the Commission researched and/or reported on, such as Florida's domestic violence laws, pay equality, elder care/abuse, women's health issues, women's history month and programs and facilities relating to young/teenage girls incarcerated in Florida's juvenile justice system. This series contains e-mails, correspondence, interoffice memoranda, House and Senate bills and legislative agenda, budget requests, expenditure records, agency reports, program surveys and evaluations, and monthly Commission executive director reports (filed intermittently).
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Florida. Attorney General. Florida. Dept. of Juvenile Justice. Florida. Legislature. --House of Representatives. Florida. Legislature. --Senate. Florida. Office of the Governor. Florida Bar. Florida Commission on the Status of Women.
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