Roxcy Bolton: A Force for Equality
An Exhibit of Items from the Roxcy Bolton Papers at the State Archives of Florida
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Introduction | Women's Rights | ERA | About Roxcy Bolton |
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Bolton with Eleanor Roosevelt (ca. 1956)
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President Richard Nixon’s Women’s Rights Day Proclamation, 1972
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Senator Edward J. Gurney’s letter to Roxcy Bolton, September 12, 1972, sending her President Nixon’s Women’s Rights Day Proclamation
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Women's Equality Day Letter from Estelle J.M. Greene, American Association of University Women (1972)
Roxcy Bolton was acknowledged as a driving force in establishing August 26 as an annual observation of Women’s Equality Day.
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Women's Equality Day Letter from Senator Edward J. Gurney (1972)
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Roxcy Bolton: Miami, Florida (1988)
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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Paula Hawkins, and Roxcy Bolton (1980's)
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Letter from Burdine's (1969)
Roxcy Bolton fought for equality for women in all aspects of community life, such as her ultimately successful efforts to open department store lunchrooms to women.
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Letter from Jordan Marsh (1969)
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Letter from Roxcy Bolton to Playboy Plaza Hotel (1971)
In this November 3, 1971 letter to the Playboy Plaza Hotel, Roxcy Bolton left little doubt regarding her stance on abuse or exploitation of women. |
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Response from Playboy Plaza Hotel (1971)
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Handwritten draft of letter from Roxcy Bolton to Playboy Plaza Hotel, page 1 (1971)
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Handwritten draft of letter from Roxcy Bolton to Playboy Plaza Hotel, page 2 (1971)
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Handwritten draft of letter from Roxcy Bolton to Playboy Plaza Hotel, page 3 (1971)
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Letter from Presidential Staff Assistant George T. Bell, June 5, 1970
Roxcy Bolton’s battle against sex discrimination extended to the White House.
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Letter from Presidential Staff Assistant George T. Bell, June 9, 1970
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Roxcy Bolton at her home in Miami, 1980's
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Letter on rape statute
Roxcy Bolton fought for protections for rape victims and for legislation to more efficiently prosecute rape crimes. In this June 5, 1974 letter to Bolton, Florida Attorney General Robert L. Shevin summarized amendments to Florida’s statutes “based on your recommendation to me to establish degrees of rape…”
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Roxcy Bolton at the Miami rape treatment center (1974)
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Introduction | Women's Rights | ERA | About Roxcy Bolton
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