Florida Memory is administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, Bureau of Archives and Records Management. The digitized records on Florida Memory come from the collections of the State Archives of Florida and the special collections of the State Library of Florida.
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Born in Pennsylvania in 1909 and moved to Orlando in 1934. Elected to the Florida House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1957. Served as a representative until 1962 and was subsequently elected as the first woman State Senator, serving until 1967. Her chief legislative goals were the establishment of the University of Central Florida and development of planning and zoning systems. She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
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