Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2004-1

Description

Name tag used by student participants during Ruth Bryan Owen's second Patriotic Pilgrimage.

Date

1931

Format

Labels (identifying Artifacts)

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Topic

Education and Libraries

Subjects

Education, Secondary
High school students
Rohde, Ruth Baird Bryan Leavitt Owen, 1885-1954
Women legislators--United States

Geographic Term

Florida
Washington (D.C.)

General Note

Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen hosted a Patriotic Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. each year from 1930 to 1932. Two senior high school students were selected from each of the 18 counties in Florida's 4th district, which Owen represented from 1929 to 1933. One boy and one girl who exemplified "good citizenship" was selected by their peers to represent their county on the trip. During the trip, students learned about United States history and government and met with politicians, including the president of the United States.