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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Second Image: Unknown, "Blanche Armwood Sitting with a Book" (1915). Armwood Family - Photographs. Image 1. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/armwood_photographs/1
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January 23, 1890, Tampa, Florida
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October 16, 1939, Medford, Massachusetts
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Howard Law School (J.D. 1938)

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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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