Blanche Armwood Perkins

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Armwood Family Papers at the University of South Florida.

This collection includes documents, letters, records, and photographs that highlight Blanche Armwood's work in education, civil rights, and community development in Tampa, Florida. Some notable items include a wartime cookbook she authored in 1918 pamphlets from the Tampa Urban League, community project documents, and records from the Negro Public Schools under her leadership.

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Tampa School of Household Arts, "Flier, Citizens' Complimentary Reception to Blanche Armwood Perkins, April 20, 1916" (1916). Armwood Family - Records. 8. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/armwood_records/8
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Image 2: Blanche Armwood with her Howard University College of Law classmates, 1937. Image via Tampa Magazines, “Legacy of Blanche Armwood.” https://tampamagazines.com/legacy-of-blanche-armwood/Second Image: Unknown, "Blanche Armwood Sitting with a Book" (1915). Armwood Family - Photographs. Image 1. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/armwood_photographs/1
Birth
January 23, 1890, Tampa, Florida
Death
October 16, 1939, Medford, Massachusetts
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Daniel Webster Perkins

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Howard Law School (J.D. 1938)

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Tampa Urban League

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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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