Florida breezes or Florida new and old

Name/Title

Florida breezes or Florida new and old

Entry/Object ID

Library.1938

Description

xxiii, facsimile (vi, 401 pages), 8 pages 23 cm. Florida breezes or Florida new and old by Ellen Call Long. A facsimile reproduction of the 1883 ed., with introduction by Margaret Louise Chapman. Floridiana facsimile & reprint series. Information below from website https://dos.myflorida.com/offices/historical-museums/united-connections/women-in-history/ellen-call-long/ Ellen Call Long (1825-1905) was the daughter of Richard Keith Call, an American attorney and politician as well as the 3rd and 5th territorial governor of Florida. Her views on race and civil rights evolved over the course of her life. After refusing the job of Postmaster in 1882, Ellen threw her support behind an African American candidate, William G. Stewart, much to the outrage of the local white community. When her book, Florida Breezes, was published the following year, white residents of Tallahassee reportedly destroyed most of the available copies to demonstrate their anger at Ellen for supporting Stewart and for expressing her views on national reconciliation following the Civil War. In spite of her detractors, Ellen consistently broke societal norms for women in her era, and remained a staunch advocate for the issues in which she believed.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Florida -- History., Florida -- Social life and customs., United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Publication Details

Author

Long, Ellen Call, 1825-1905.

Publisher

University of Florida Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Gainesville.

Call No.

F315 .L84 1962