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Roxcy Bolton

Roxcy O'Neal Bolton (June 3, &#; May 17, )[1] was an American feminist and civil and women's rights activist.[2] She was born in Duck Hill, Mississippi. In , Bolton helped form Florida's National Organization for Women, serving as charter president of the Miami Chapter and National Vice President in In , she successfully challenged the practice that many store restaurants had of keeping a separate "men only" section.

Roxcy bolton biography of michael Navy lawyer. Bolton also persuaded National Airlines to grant maternity leave to pregnant flight attendants rather than firing them. Ruben, men and women sleep together. Bolton is also credited with the opening of the influential and political Tiger Bay Club to women.

She founded Women in Distress, a shelter for homeless women.[3]

In , she encouraged President Richard Nixon to issue a proclamation honoring Women's Equality Day, which he did.[4] In , she founded the nation's first Rape Treatment Center in Miami, later renamed the Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center in [5]

Bolton died on the morning of May 17, at her Coral Gables, Florida home from cardiac arrest at the age of [6][7]

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  1. ↑"Roxcy O'Neal Bolton".

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  2. ↑"Roxcy Bolton, Pioneer Feminist". Florida Memory.

    Roxcy bolton biography of michael jordan By , the extended deadline that the amendment received, only 35 state legislatures had passed the amendment. Instead, the meeting represented a crest of its power as second-wave feminism began to fade prior to the election of Ronald Reagan in We have women who have struggled and fought and worked tirelessly. Doris Mae Barnes Judith A.

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  3. ↑Buchanan, Edna (). "Sex". The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat. Charter. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  4. ↑Beth (August 26, ). "Women's Equality Day". Florida Memory.

    Roxcy bolton biography of michael jackson Louise H. Humble, she also maintained a relationship with a woman in Washington, D. Archived from the original on May 21, You know, women should take over the White House.

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  5. ↑"State Library and Archives of Florida Exhibit Honors Roxcy Bolton and Women's Equality Day". Florida Department of State, Kurt S. Browning, Interim Secretary of State. July 22, Archived from the original on September 18, Retrieved May 17,
  6. ↑Cohen, Howard; Fichtner, Margaria; Brecher, Elinor (May 17, ).

    "Civic activist, feminist, trailblazer Roxcy Bolton dies at 90". Miami Herald.

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  7. ↑Nelson, Gary (May 17, ). "Florida's Pioneer Feminist Roxcy Bolton Has Died". CBS Miami. Retrieved May 17,