Guiding Questions

• Read the letter from the president of Jordan Marsh and the letter from the vice president of Burdines. Using clues from the letters, what was the policy that Roxcy Bolton was trying to change? What was the result?

• Hurricanes are given names so meteorologists and the public can identify storms as they move across water and land. The World Meteorological Organization now names hurricanes after men and women. From 1953 to 1979, however, all U.S. hurricanes and tropical storms had women’s names. Read the letter from Roxcy Bolton to the director of the Hurricane Center in Coral Gables. What was Roxcy Bolton trying to change? Read the letter from Roxcy Bolton to the director of the National Weather Service. What point was Bolton trying to make?

• High school student Victoria J. Powell wrote to Roxcy Bolton asking for her help on behalf of her younger sister, Wendy. What is the problem Powell is describing? What solution does Powell propose?
  
  
• How did Roxcy Bolton's actions influence the changing status of women in the United States?

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

SS.4.A.1.1: Analyze primary and secondary resources to identify significant individuals and events throughout Florida history.

SS.912.A.7.3: Examine the changing status of women in the United States from post-World War II to present.

SS.912.A.7.5: Compare nonviolent and violent approaches utilized by groups (African Americans, women, Native Americans, Hispanics) to achieve civil rights.

SS.912.A.7.7: Assess the building of coalitions between African Americans, whites, and other groups in achieving integration and equal rights.

SS.912.A.7.17: Examine key events and key people in Florida history as they relate to United States history.

Document Analysis Worksheets from the National Archives

Document analysis is the first step in working with primary sources. Teach your students to think through primary source documents for contextual understanding and to extract information to make informed judgments. The document analysis worksheets created by the National Archives and Records Administration are in the public domain.