Paula Hawkins was an American politician and community activist who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, she was Florida's first female U.S. senator and the only woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida, as of 2025. She was the first woman elected to a full Senate term without having a close family member who previously served in major public office, and the second woman ever elected to the Senate from the American South.

Headlines from January 24, 1927

Brooklyn Still Has 40 Farms; Even Manhattan Boasts Five

RUSH TO MAKE LAWS DRAWS BORAH'S FIRE; Senator Warns Against Tendency to Legislate for Every Public and Private Ill. SEES CENTRALIZATION PERIL Unless a Halt Is Called, He Says in Article, Every Human Activity Will Be Regulated. RUSH TO MAKE LAWS DRAWS BORAH'S FIRE

Six Brothers, Taxi Drivers, Seized as Gougers In Police Campaign to End "Fixed" Meters

Dyott Within 15 Miles of the River of Doubt; Indians Friendly in the Brazilian Wilds

30 DRIFTING BARGES SWEEP EAST RIVER; Broken From Moorings by Wind and Tide They Drive Upstream, Imperiling Traffic. BIG CROWDS WATCH RESCUE Line Shore for Half Mile, Drawn by Din of Alarms -- Police Boats Round Up Fugitives. 30 DRIFTING BARGES SWEEP EAST RIVER

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