Helen Gordon Davis collection, 1976-1992.

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Helen Gordon Davis collection, 1976-1992.

This collection contains materials related to Davis's time as a United States Senator. Includes campaign materials, correspondence, human and women's rights materials, legislative bills, press clippings, photographs, research materials, speeches, and materials documenting Davis' community activism in the Tampa Bay area.

23 boxes

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Florida. Legislature. Senate

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The Secretary of the Senate serves as the recording officer of the Senate. The duties associated with the office include enrolling bills (Ch. 11.05, FS), registering lobbyists (Ch. 11.07, FS), signing bills (Art. III, Sec. 7, 1968 Constitution), and keeping journals of the proceedings. The Senate designates a Secretary to serve at its pleasure (Art. III, Sec. 2, 1968 Constitution). From the description of Bill files, 1845-1927. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32413499 ...

Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives

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The Clerk of the House of Representatives serves as the recording officer of the House. The duties associated with the office include enrolling bills (Ch. 11.07 FS), registering lobbyists (Ch. 11.05 FS), signing bills (Article III, Section 7, 1968 Constitution), and keeping journals of the proceedings. The House of Representatives designates a Clerk to serve at its pleasure (Article III, Section 2, 1968 Constitution). From the description of Journals, 1837-1905. (Florida State Archiv...

Davis, Helen Gordon.

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Senator. State Senator Helen Gordon Davis served in the State legislature from 1974 to 1992. She represented the 70th House District from 1974 to 1982, the 64th House District from 1982 to 1988 and the 23rd Senate District from 1988 to 1992. Long active in civic affairs, she was the first Caucasian woman to join the NAACP in Florida, was a charter member of the Hillsborough League of Women Voters and the first woman from Hillsborough County to be elected to the State Leg...

American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...