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Letter from Victoria J. Powell to Roxcy Bolton Regarding a Requirement for Girls to Study Home Economics in High School, April 29, 1970

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Letter from Victoria J. Powell to Roxcy Bolton Regarding a Requirement for Girls to Study Home Economics in High School, April 29, 1970

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M94-1

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Letter from Victoria J. Powell to Roxcy Bolton, expressing her opposition to a requirement that all girls take a course in home economics in high school. Powell argues that the requirement was unfair because boys faced no comparable requirement, and calls it sex discrimination.

Date

1970-04-29

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Powell, Victoria J.

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Letter from Victoria J. Powell to Roxcy Bolton Regarding a Requirement for Girls to Study Home Economics in High School, April 29, 1970

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Sex discrimination against women

Educational equalization

Women -- Vocational education

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Powell, Victoria J.

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M94-1

Date

1970-04-29

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eng-US

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m94-1_b001_f03_x02

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Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

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Stuart (Fla.)

Martin County (Fla.)

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Civil Rights and Freedoms

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Bolton, Roxcy O'Neal, 1926-2017

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Powell, Victoria J. Letter from Victoria J. Powell to Roxcy Bolton Regarding a Requirement for Girls to Study Home Economics in High School, April 29, 1970. 1970-04-29. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346038>, accessed 30 November 2024.

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Powell, Victoria J. Letter from Victoria J. Powell to Roxcy Bolton Regarding a Requirement for Girls to Study Home Economics in High School, April 29, 1970. 1970-04-29. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346038>

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