The story of Florida women's page editors in the 1950s and 1960s

1. Dr. Kimberly Wilmot Voss, Associate Professor
University of Central Florida
Florida Council for History Education, 2017

9. Eleanor Hazlett Ratelle
Ohio State University
Miami in 1940
Column with a Hart

12. Following Brown v Board
Miami was largely segregated
1966 conversation in column

13. “If a Negro family were to move next
door to me, I’d welcome them,
regardless of what these same friends
would think. I will still be living in an
un-integrated neighborhood, leaving
behind unhappy people. Yet, if I refuse
to sell to a Negro, I will be
perpetrating the unreasonable, unjust
system of segregation that exists in
most of our city today. Please advise.”

14. “You can’t ‘please’ all factions.
Whatever your decision, someone
will ‘dissent.’ Your dilemma is one
that other residents in this area
are facing. We welcome their
comments.”

15. Two letters for
Two letters against

16. Complexity of issue
Times were changing

17.  “To follow the crowd instead of
one’s conscience is what the
masses of Germans did while
Hitler exterminated millions of
Jews.”

28. No official power/considerable
community power
Marginalized/ using the
outsider role
Traditional roles/ foundation
for change