05-18-2017, 05:36 AM
Pioneering feminist:
Roxcy O'Neal Bolton (June 3, 1926 – May 17, 2017)[1] was an American feminist and civil and women's rights activist.[2]
In 1966, Bolton helped form Florida's National Organization for Women, serving as charter president of the Miami Chapter and National Vice President in 1969. Also in 1969, she successfully challenged the practice that many store restaurants had of keeping a separate "men only" section. In 1972, she founded Women in Distress, a shelter for homeless women.[3]Also in 1972, she encouraged President Nixon to issue a proclamation honoring Women's Equality Day, which he did.[4] His proclamation was presented to her in recognition of her encouragement.[4]
In 1974, she founded the nation's first Rape Treatment Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, later renamed the Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center in 1993.[5] That same year she organized Florida's first Crime Watch meeting to help stem crime against women. She was also instrumental in bringing several rape cases to the attention of the public, despite police concerns.
She challenged N.O.A.A (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to change the names of hurricanes to include the names of men,[6] which they did.[4]She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1984 for "forcing police and prosecutors to make rape crime a priority".[7] A collection of her artifacts is owned by the Museum of Florida History.[8]
Bolton led the effort to create the Miami Women’s Park, which opened in 1992 as the first outdoor space in America honoring past and present women leaders.[9]
Her Coral Gables home was dedicated as a Florida Heritage Site in 1999.[8][10][11]
Bolton died on the morning of May 17, 2017 at her Coral Gables, Florida home at the age of 90.[12][13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxcy_Bolton
Roxcy O'Neal Bolton (June 3, 1926 – May 17, 2017)[1] was an American feminist and civil and women's rights activist.[2]
In 1966, Bolton helped form Florida's National Organization for Women, serving as charter president of the Miami Chapter and National Vice President in 1969. Also in 1969, she successfully challenged the practice that many store restaurants had of keeping a separate "men only" section. In 1972, she founded Women in Distress, a shelter for homeless women.[3]Also in 1972, she encouraged President Nixon to issue a proclamation honoring Women's Equality Day, which he did.[4] His proclamation was presented to her in recognition of her encouragement.[4]
In 1974, she founded the nation's first Rape Treatment Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, later renamed the Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center in 1993.[5] That same year she organized Florida's first Crime Watch meeting to help stem crime against women. She was also instrumental in bringing several rape cases to the attention of the public, despite police concerns.
She challenged N.O.A.A (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to change the names of hurricanes to include the names of men,[6] which they did.[4]She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1984 for "forcing police and prosecutors to make rape crime a priority".[7] A collection of her artifacts is owned by the Museum of Florida History.[8]
Bolton led the effort to create the Miami Women’s Park, which opened in 1992 as the first outdoor space in America honoring past and present women leaders.[9]
Her Coral Gables home was dedicated as a Florida Heritage Site in 1999.[8][10][11]
Bolton died on the morning of May 17, 2017 at her Coral Gables, Florida home at the age of 90.[12][13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxcy_Bolton
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.