First group inducted into Women's Hall of Fame

Castor, first woman Hillsborough commissioner and first woman president of USF; Mary Cash, Florida's first black registered nurse; Helen Gordon Davis, first woman elected to Florida's House of Representatives; Cecile Waterman Essrig, first woman elected to the Hillsborough County School Bo...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News
Main Author Steele, Kathy
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 27.05.2011
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Awards & honors
Convention centers
Counties
Women
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Summary:Castor, first woman Hillsborough commissioner and first woman president of USF; Mary Cash, Florida's first black registered nurse; Helen Gordon Davis, first woman elected to Florida's House of Representatives; Cecile Waterman Essrig, first woman elected to the Hillsborough County School Board; Pat Frank, county commissioner, state legislator and clerk of court; Sandy Freedman, first woman mayor of Tampa; Clara Frye, founder of the county's first black hospital; Adela Hernandez Gonzmart, co-founder of The Columbia Restaurant and Ballet Folklorico of Ybor; Sylvia Rodriquez Kimball, first black woman county commissioner; Sadye Martin, first woman mayor of Plant City and an educator.