Background
Davis, Helen Gordon was born in 1926 in New York City.
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Helen Gordon Davis
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Bachelor, Brooklyn College. Postgraduate, University South Florida, 1967—1970.
Career
Teacher High School Commerce, New York City, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, Florida. Graduate assistant University South Florida, 1968. Member Florida House of Representatives (1st woman to be elected in 1974 from Hills Company, 1st woman to chair the legislation delegate), 1974-1988.
State senator, 1988-1992. Member Florida Supreme Court Commission on Gender Bias in the Courts, 1988-1990, Florida Supreme Court Commission on Mediation and Arbitration, since 1987. Chairman senate appropriations subcommittee human services, member rules committee, international trade and economic development committee, health and rehabilitation services committee.
Achievements
Membership
Judicial chairman Local Government Study Commission Hillsborough County (Florida), 1964. Member Tampa Commission on Juvenile Delinquency, 1966-1969, Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee, 1966-1969, Quality Education Commission, 1966-1968, Governor's Citizen Committee for Court Reform, 1972, Hillsborough County Planning commission, 1973-1974. Member Governor's Commission on Judicial Reform, 1976.
Member employment committee Commission Community Relations, 1966-1969. By-laws chairman Arts Council Tampa, 1971-1974. 1st vice president Tampa Symphony Guild, 1974.
Board directors University South Florida Foundation, 1968-1974, Stop Rape, 1973-1974. Past president Parent-Teachers Association. Active advisory commission National Child Care Action Campaign, National Center for Crime and Delinquency.
Chair Hillsborough Democratic Executive Committee, also president. Active Florida Committee on the Status of Women, 2001. Member League of Women Voters (president Hillsborough County 1966-1969, Florida administration of justice chairman 1969-1974, First Leadership Achievement award 2004, Highest Achievement award 2006), American Arbitration Association, Hills County Bar Association (Liberty Bell award 2005), Hills County Expy.
Authority, Florida Supreme Court Commission Arbitration.
Connections
Married Gene Davis; children: Stephanie, Karen, Gordon.
Awards
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Recipient University South Florida Young Democrats Humanitarian award, 1974, Diana award National Organization of Women, 1975, Woman of Achievement in Arts award Tampa, 1975, Tampa Human Relations award, 1976, Hannah G. Solomon Citizen of Year, 1980, St. Petersburg Times/Florida Civil Liberties award, 1980, Friend of Education award, 1981, Florida Alliance for Responsible Parenting award, 1981, Humanitarian award Judeo-Christian Clinic, 1984, Florida Network of Runaway Youth award, 1985, Center for Women Leader-advisory Friend award, 1985, National Association Juvenile Court Judges Appreciation award, 1987, American Association of University Women Leadership award, 1987, Hillsborough County Halfway House appreciation award, 1988, Martin Luther King award City of Tampa, 1988, Appreciation award National Federation Democratic Women, 1989, Department Legal Affairs appreciation, 1990, Superwoman award Museum of Science and Industry, 1990, National Childcare Merit award National Association of School Psychologists, 1992, American Judicature award American Judicature Association, 1993, Woman of Courage award City of Tampa, 2000, Liberty Bell award, Hillsborough Bar Association, 2005, Lifetime Achievement award Brklyn. College, 2009; named Florida Motion Picture and television Outstanding Legislator, 1990. Named to Florida Women's Hall Fame, 1999, Florida Displaced Home Makers award, 2008.Recipient University South Florida Young Democrats Humanitarian award, 1974, Diana award National Organization of Women, 1975, Woman of Achievement in Arts award Tampa, 1975, Tampa Human Relations award, 1976, Hannah G. Solomon Citizen of Year, 1980, St. Petersburg Times/Florida Civil Liberties award, 1980, Friend of Education award, 1981, Florida Alliance for Responsible Parenting award, 1981, Humanitarian award Judeo-Christian Clinic, 1984, Florida Network of Runaway Youth award, 1985, Center for Women Leader-advisory Friend award, 1985, National Association Juvenile Court Judges Appreciation award, 1987, American Association of University Women Leadership award, 1987, Hillsborough County Halfway House appreciation award, 1988, Martin Luther King award City of Tampa, 1988, Appreciation award National Federation Democratic Women, 1989, Department Legal Affairs appreciation, 1990, Superwoman award Museum of Science and Industry, 1990, National Childcare Merit award National Association of School Psychologists, 1992, American Judicature award American Judicature Association, 1993, Woman of Courage award City of Tampa, 2000, Liberty Bell award, Hillsborough Bar Association, 2005, Lifetime Achievement award Brklyn. College, 2009; named Florida Motion Picture and television Outstanding Legislator, 1990. Named to Florida Women's Hall Fame, 1999, Florida Displaced Home Makers award, 2008.