Roxcy Bolton: A Force for Equality

Bolton with Eleanor Roosevelt (ca. 1956)

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President Richard Nixon's Women's Rights Day Proclamation, 1972

Senator Edward J. Gurney's letter to Roxcy Bolton, September 12, 1972, sending her President Nixon's Women's Rights Day Proclamation

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.

Women's Equality Day Letter from Senator Edward J. Gurney (1972)

Roxcy Bolton: Miami, Florida (1988)

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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Paula Hawkins, and Roxcy Bolton (1980s)

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.

Letter from Jordan Marsh (1969)

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.

Response from Playboy Plaza Hotel (1971)

Handwritten draft of letter from Roxcy Bolton to Playboy Plaza Hotel, page 1 (1971)

Handwritten draft of letter from Roxcy Bolton to Playboy Plaza Hotel, page 2 (1971)

Handwritten draft of letter from Roxcy Bolton to Playboy Plaza Hotel, page 3 (1971)

Letter from Presidential Staff Assistant George T. Bell, June 5, 1970

Roxcy Bolton's battle against sex discrimination extended to the White House.

Letter from Presidential Staff Assistant George T. Bell, June 9, 1970

Roxcy Bolton at her home in Miami, 1980s

Roxcy Bolton at the Miami rape treatment center (1974)

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