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Letter from Roxcy Bolton to R.H. Simpson of the National Weather Service Regarding Hurricane Names, January 1, 1972

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M94-1

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Letter from Roxcy Bolton to R.H. Simpson of the National Weather Service suggesting that rather than giving all hurricanes all female names they should be given the names of United States senators.

Date

1972-01-01

Creator

Bolton, Roxcy O'Neal, 1926-2017

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Letters (correspondence)

Title

Letter from Roxcy Bolton to R.H. Simpson of the National Weather Service Regarding Hurricane Names, January 1, 1972

Subject

Sex discrimination against women

Equality

Hurricanes

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Letter from Roxcy Bolton to R.H. Simpson of the National Weather Service suggesting that rather than giving all hurricanes all female names they should be given the names of United States senators.

Creator

Bolton, Roxcy O'Neal, 1926-2017

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M94-1

Date

1972-01-01

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letters (correspondence)

Language

eng-US

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Text

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m94-1_b002_f23_x01

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Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

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Coral Gables (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

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Nature and Environment

Subject - Corporate

United States. National Weather Service

Subject - Person

Simpson, Robert Homer, 1912-2014

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Bolton, Roxcy O'Neal, 1926-2017. Letter from Roxcy Bolton to R.H. Simpson of the National Weather Service Regarding Hurricane Names, January 1, 1972. 1972-01-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346049>, accessed 28 November 2024.

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Bolton, Roxcy O'Neal, 1926-2017. Letter from Roxcy Bolton to R.H. Simpson of the National Weather Service Regarding Hurricane Names, January 1, 1972. 1972-01-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346049>

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