Agents of Change 1961–1980
Agents of Change 1961–1980
This chapter details the changes that American women made in the 1960s and 1970s. At the end of the 1960s, Jacksonville University set a precedent with a female president. Frances Bartlett Kinne was the state's first white woman to be president of an institution of higher education. The recipient of many awards, she was also the first woman elected president of the International Council of Fine Arts. Community colleges burgeoned in the 1960s too, and Paula Mae Milton became a leader in the creative arts at Miami-Dade Community College. With regard to politics, more Florida women won elections during this time than in previous decades. By 1962, forty of the fifty states already had women in their state senates when Florida finally elected its first female senator—Elizabeth McCullough Johnson. A Democrat, she was active in the League of Women Voters and other civic groups.
Keywords: Jacksonville University, Frances Bartlett Kinne, higher education, Paula Milton, Elizabeth Johnson, League of Women Voters
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