Influential Floridian Women Pathfinder

Information on women who have helped to shape the state of Florida throughout history.

This pathfinder was created to aid in education and research about women who have been significantly influential throughout Floridas history. All of the resources provided can be accessed through the University of South Floridas library. This project is geared toward those students and members of the community with access to the library that wish to learn more about these pioneering women, especially those interested in Florida history or womens studies.

Available Resources
On the Shelf:
*The call number for each item is located below each citation.

Frontier Life Brown, C. (1997). Women on the Tampa Bay frontier. Tampa, FL: Tampa Bay History Center. F319.T2B765 1997
This is a book published by the Tampa Bay History Center, meant to educate Floridians about Floridas pioneer women.

Mary Martha Reid 1812 - 1894 Wife to Floridas first Territorial Governor of Florida, established Florida Hospital. Photo courtesy of http://www.floridamemory.com/

Davis, K. (1990). Public faces--private lives: Women in south florida--1870s-1910s. Miami, FL: Pickering Press. HQ1438.F6 D38 1990
Information about the lives of prominent Floridian women, specifically those located near the Miami area.

Fries, E. L. (1994). Mary Martha Reid, a Florida woman of the nineteenth century. (Unpublished masters thesis). University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. D13.Z7 F75 1994
A biography of a powerful and prominent Florida resident named Mary Martha Reid.

Harvey, K. G. (2002). Daring daughters: St. Augustine's feisty females, 1565-2000. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers. HQ1439.S18 H37 2002
A history of women from St. Augustine Florida as they have faced adversity throughout history leading up to the 21st century.

Hewitt, N. A. (2001). Southern discomfort: Women's activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. HQ1439.T36 H487 2001
A history of women from all different backgrounds and culture that have made an impact on the Tampa Bay area.

Mormino, G. R., & St. Julien, M. (1987). Women in Florida history. Dist. by University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. HQ1438.F6 S7 1987
This is a non-fiction resource geared toward teachers and their efforts in the education about historical Floridian women.

Revels, T. J. (2004). Grander in her daughters: Florida's women during the Civil War. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. E628 .R485 2004
A compilation of womens accounts of their experiences during the Civil War. Women from many walks of life are included, ranging from the widows of soldiers to black female slaves.

Wasserman, A. (2009). A people's history of Florida, 1513-1876: How Africans, Seminoles, women, and lower class whites shaped the sunshine state. Sarasota, FL: A. Wasserman. F311 .W37 2009
This text provides historical accounts based on firsthand experiences of common people.

Weatherford, D. (2004). Real women: Of Tampa and Hillsborough County from prehistory to the millennium. Tampa, FL: University of Tampa Press. CT3262.F6 W43 2004
This text covers the stories of a demographically diverse group of women from the Tampa area throughout history.

Weatherford, D. (1991). A history of women in Tampa. Tampa, FL: Athena Society. HQ1439. T2 W43 1991
Features the stories of various women who have influenced the social landscape of Tampa throughout history.

Social Movements Brown, A. (1989). Recollections: A history of the league of women voters of Florida, 1939-1989. St. Petersburg, FL: League of Women Voters Education Fund. JK1911.F6 B76 1989
Full of photographs, this book details the story of the womens rights gro up called The League of Women Voters.

Cozens, E. N. (2001). Florida women of distinction. Daytona Beach, FL. College Pub. Co. F310 .C65
A group of individual biographies about Florida Women and what they did to deserve distinction.

Davis, J. E., & Frederickson, K. A. (2003). Making waves : Female activists in twentieth-century Florida. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. HQ1438.F6 M355 2003
This book looks through the lives of women that have made a large impact on Floridas society throughout history.

Lawrence, D. L. (1980). The women's rights movement in Florida: From suffrage to equal rights. HQ 1438 .F6 L38

A book about the history of the womens rights movements in Florida and the women who lead them.

Rudderman, G. (1980). Gainesville women of vision : Anthology. Gainesville, FL: Coronado Pub. HQ1439.G3 G34 1980
A Collection of individual biographies about women who have shaped Gainesville.

Government Morris, A. C. (1990). Florida women answer roll call: Glimpses of some women lawmakers. Tallahassee, FL: Florida House of Representatives. JK4466 . M667 1990
A book about the history of women in a place of power over lawmaking and how they have shaped Floridas goverment.

Morris, A. C. (1995). Women in the Florida legislature.Tallahassee, FL: Florida House of Representatives. JK4466 .M67 1995
How women have held positions in the Florida legislature and influenced laws and regulations

Women's history calendar. (2001). Tallahassee, FL: Office of the Attorney General. HQ1391.U5 W6565
This annual calendar features members of the Florida Womens Hall of Fame as well as other women who have been influential in Floridas political spectrum.

In the Journals:
Journal of W omens History Suggested Search Term: Florida http://muse.jhu.edu.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history/
A journal dedicated to the influence of women including but not limited to feminist activism. It is the first journal to be published which is devoted entirely to womens history.

Florida Historical Quarterly http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/action/showPublication?journalCode=florhist quar

This journal is published through the Florida Historical Society. It contains topics about Floridas history and includes articles, biographies and illustrations.
Suggested Articles: Nancy Hynes Duval: Florida's First Lady, 1822-1834 Frank L. Snyder The Florida Historical Quarterly , Vol. 72, No. 1 (Jul., 1993), pp. 19-34 http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/stable/10.2307/30148664 Helen Hunt West: Florida's Pioneer for Era James R. McGovern The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jul., 1978), pp. 39-53 http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147468

On the Web: Florida Memory: Collections Pertaining to Women's History and Women's Issues from the State Archives of Florida http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/womenhistory/bibliography.php
An online bibliography provided by the state that lists books pertaining to womens history in Florida.

ArchiveGrid: Open the door to History: Florida Women http://archivegrid.org.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/web/jsp/s.jsp?q=florida+women

This resource provides links to historical reports and papers in that relate to Florida Women.

Pioneer Women of Dade County by Mary Barr Monroe http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/1943/43_1_03.pdf

A recollection of Dade County women who have influence that region as told by Mary Barr Monroe.

Mary Barr Monroe 1852-1922 founded the Tropical Audubon Society and started the Coconut Grove library. Photo courtesy of http://everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/bios/m unroemb.htm

Florida Womens Hall of Fame http://www.fcsw.net/HallofFame.htm

This web Page is dedicated to those women who have been accepted into the Florida Commission on the Statutes of Womens Hall of Fame. It provides information about their personal lives and life achievements.

Collections Pertaining to Womens History and Womens Issues Maintained by the Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/archives/womensGuide/index.cfm
The womens history section of the Florida Department of States Library and Information Services archives. It contains collections pertaining to womens history in Florida, which are all separated by subjects and provide call numbers.

Florida Womens Heritage Trail http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/trails/womenheritage/index.cfm

This link connects to a PDF download for the book, Florida Womens Heritage Trail (McGuire, N., 2001), published by the Florida Department of State. This book outlines over 100 significant women throughout Floridas history from early Native Americans and Spanish pioneers to the end of the 20th century.

Suggestions for Browsing

Subject Headings: Women-Florida-History-19th century Women-Florida-History-20th century Women-Pioneers-Florida Florida-Biography-Frontier and pioneer life in Florida Women, Authors-Florida Women social reformers-Florida-History Women social reformers-Florida-Biography Women-Florida-biography Dewey Decimal: 305.4092: Women (Biographies) 320.0820973: Women in U.S. Politics 360.008: Social problems and social services (as related to groups of people) 361.9: General social problems and services (History, geographic treatment, biography) 362.0425: Social action 363.1025: Directory of people and organizations in social problems and services 973.08: Groups of people in American History 975.9: History of Florida Library of Congress Classification: F310: Florida citizens F311: Florida history F319: History of Florida cities HQ1236.5.F: Womens Rights in Florida HQ1240.5.U6: Women in the community development of the United States HQ1438: Women pioneers HQ1438.F6: Historic women of Florida HQ1439: Historic women in U.S. cities HQ1885: 20th century Women in community organization JK4466: Women in Florida legislature

Places to Search
Databases: U.S. History in Context From suffrage to Senate: Americas political women:an encyclopedia of leaders, causes, and issues Discovering American Womens History Online Social Sciences Full Text Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984) Women and social movements in the United States, 1600-2000 Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History Early American imprints . Series I, Evans (1639-1800) Florida Heritage Collection Florida documents index Tampa Bay Times The Tampa Tribune Social Movements and Culture (in Cultural Politics) Biographical Resources: Gale Biography in Context Encyclopedia of World Biography Notable Native Americans Notable Black American Women

Eartha M.M. White 1876-1974. Educator and Publisher, Womans Hall of Fame inductee, 1986. photo courtesy of http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_ex hibits/women

This Pathfinder was created by Kari Morrel Research, Citations, Annotations Geri Remming- Research, Images, Oral Presentation Kelly McDonald- Research, Annotations, Organization

LIS6603 Fall 2012 Dr. Hong Huang University of South Florida