Kelly HayesFebruary 20, 2021
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Tag: Helen Gordon Davis
Kelly HayesFebruary 20, 2021
Guest AuthorMay 14, 2017
5min332
As this Mother’s Day approaches, I find it particularly ironic to be advocating for the same support for women as our founder did four decades ago. Helen Gordon Davis opened this nonprofit to help women who needed extra support just to survive — serious counseling, intense skills development, assistance to the homeless and domestic violence […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 24, 2017
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House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz and two of her colleagues have filed the Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Act, aimed at closing the gender pay gap in Florida. Lantana Democrat Lori Berman is co-filing the legislation with Cruz in the House (HB 319), and Orlando Democrat Linda Stewart is filing the bill in the Senate (SB 410). “It is unconscionable that in America […]
Martin DyckmanMay 25, 2015
7min409
The obituaries for Helen Gordon Davis correctly recounted what one called her “trailblazing” career in the Florida Legislature, where in 1974 she became one of very few women – the first from Hillsborough County – in what a colleague famously called “the land of the Bubbas.” She weathered the sexism and condescension and compiled a […]
Martin DyckmanMay 25, 20157min268
The obituaries for Helen Gordon Davis correctly recounted what one called her “trailblazing” career in the Florida Legislature, where in 1974 she became one of very few women – the first from Hillsborough County – in what a colleague famously called “the land of the Bubbas.” She weathered the sexism and condescension and compiled a […]
Mitch PerryMay 19, 2015
4min204
Tampa icon Helen Gordon Davis passed away yesterday after being in poor health for awhile. She was 88. Reading about her life and political history again last night, I realized how much this woman kicked some ass working for positive change in Florida. “She was a phenomenal spokesperson for women and human rights,” former USF President and […]
Mitch PerryMay 18, 2015
5min752
Helen Gordon Davis, the first woman from Hillsborough County elected to serve in the Florida Legislature, died from congestive heart failure on Monday. She was 88. “She was one of the most effective, powerful women leaders in the Florida Legislature,” said Hillsborough County Commissioner Chair Sandy Murman said last fall at an event at the Women’s Centre in Hyde […]
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 26, 2015
3min194
A quartet of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday held a press conference to discuss issues they say will help women in the workforce. However, they Democrats are having a hard time getting those “equality” bills heard. Rep. Janet Cruz has filed an equal pay for equal work bill for five years. Dubbed the Helen Gordon Davis […]
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 26, 20153min195
A quartet of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday held a press conference to discuss issues they say will help women in the workforce. However, they Democrats are having a hard time getting those “equality” bills heard. Rep. Janet Cruz has filed an equal pay for equal work bill for five years. Dubbed the Helen Gordon Davis […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2015
3min234
Gloria Steinem, an American icon who helped created Ms. magazine some 43 years ago, will receive the first ever Helen Gordon Davis Women’s Leadership Award on Wednesday, February 11, at a luncheon hosted by the Centre for Women at the Crowne Plaza Tampa Westshore. Proceeds from the event will go towards the Centre for Women, […]