Roxcy Bolton

Roxcy Pearl O'Neal Bolton (June 3, 1926 – May 17, 2017) was an American feminist and civil rights activist. Roxcy Bolton with Eleanor Roosevelt after Roosevelts address at the Democratic National Convention in 1956.

Personal life Bolton was born on June 3, 1926, in Duck Hill, Mississippi, a small town of several hundred. At a young age, she had ambitions to be a Member of Congress. When she was 10, she witnessed the lynching of two black men, which was also witnessed by her whole town. Growing up Bolton was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Bolton graduated from high school and moved to Miami. She married William Charles Hart, a Coast Guardsman at the time. They had a son, Randall, who died in 2000.

Bolton was a dedicated Democrat for all of her adult life. In the same year, she led six women to take over the office of the University of Miami president to demand promotion of more women to department-head positions, pay equality, and more. His proclamation was presented to her in recognition of her encouragement. Bolton suffered a stroke in 1998 that slowed down her activism.

In 1994, Bolton donated her personal papers and photos to the State Archives of Florida. A collection of her artifacts are also owned by the Museum of Florida History. Her Coral Gables home was dedicated as a Florida Heritage Site in 1999. In 2014, the National Women's History Project celebrated Bolton as a National Women's History Month Honoree. The center served as the prototype for many centers that followed its establishment.

Hurricane renaming She challenged N.O.A.A (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to change the names of hurricanes to include the names of men. Government forecasters had adopted the old naval tradition in 1953. Twenty-six years after its adaptation and ten years after presenting her issue, weathermen finally eliminated the practice with the second hurricane of 1979 being named Bob.