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Courtesy of U.S. DOD Humble Beginnings James was born Feb. 11, 1920, in Pensacola, Florida, and was the youngest of 17 children. His dad was a laborer at a gas company and his mother was a teacher. When James was…

Article Courtesy of the New York Times By Carl Hulse Janet Reno, rose from a rustic life on the edge of the Everglades to become attorney general of the United States — the first woman to hold the job —…

                            Courtesy of WomensHistory.org By: Emma Rothberg, NWHM Predoctoral Fellow in Gender Studies I 2020-2022 Standing before the Supreme Court, Eliza “Lyda” Burton Conley argued to protect…

Article Courtesy of National Archives © 2005 by Jill Norgren In the years just after the Civil War, as women began joining the legal profession, only a handful of spirited applicants succeeded in breaking through the cultural barriers that made…

Courtesy of womenhistoryblog.com – Arabella Mansfield (1846-1911) became America’s first woman lawyer when she was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1869. She was allowed to take the bar exam and passed with high scores, despite a state law restricting…

Teniadé Broughton is the council member for District 5 and a proud seventh-generation Pensacolian. Teniadé is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, the University of West Florida, and Florida A&M University. Deeply active in the community, Teniadé is…