Opening the door for a major university
Elizabeth McCullough Johnson
Politics/Education (Orlando)
Years: 1909–1973
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Making music while protecting her family’s culinary legacy
Adela Hernandez Gonzmart
Restaurateur, musician, philanthropist (Tampa)
Years: 1920–2001
Dean of capital correspondents, was a mentor to many
Barbara Landstreet Frye
Journalist (Tallahassee)
Years: 1922–1982
Flying high in aviation and business
Jacqueline Cochran
Aviator, entrepreneur (Muskogee)
Years: 1906–1980
Her life was filled with legal firsts
Gwen Cherry
Law/politics, state lawmaker (Miami)
Years: 1923–1979
Working for equality, in all things, always
Roxcy O’Neal Bolton
Feminist, community organizer (Miami)
Years: 1926–2017
For the love of American Beach
MaVynee Oshun Betsch
Historic preservationist, environmentalist (American Beach, Amelia Island)
Years: 1935–2005
18 Unforgettable Florida Women
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Florida Stories puts state’s history in the palm of your hand
By Janet Scherberger Featured image above: Evening on Seventh Avenue in Tampa’s historic Ybor City, which is among the 36 hour-long tours on Florida Humanities free Florida Stories walking tour app. Fort Pierce’s Sunrise Theatre, built for vaudeville shows in 1923. The Octagon House, a central feature of the Chautauqua Campus that drew New Yorkers interested in education to Defuniak Springs in the 1880s. A tamarind grove in Islamorada that shelters
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