Josephine Howard Howard Stafford

Background

Stafford, Josephine Howard was born on July 27, 1921 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Olive Maeblume (Goodson) Howard.

Education

Greensboro University of N.C. North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts). University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Laws).

Career

Associate Fowler, White, Gillen, Yancey and Humkey, Tampa, Florida, 1952-1954. Private practice, 1954-1957, 69-72. Executive director, attorney Legal Aid Bureau, 1957-1969.

Attorney City of Tampa, from 1972. Instructor University South Florida, Tampa, 1971-1972. Adjunct professor Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, 1980-1986.

Lecturer University South Florida, Tampa, 1973, University Tampa, University Florida, Gainesville, 1959. Attorney Housing Authority City of Tampa, 1970-1972. Substitute judge municipal court, 1958-1971, interim municipal court judge, 1971-1972.

Member Grievance Committee "13C".

Achievements

• Bar: North Carolina 1952, Florida 1953, United States District Court (middle district) Florida 1954, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit), United States Court Appeals (5th circuit). Licensed real estate broker. Certified arbitrator, Hillsborough County Circuit Court.

Politics

Social norms that assume different standards for women than for men in marriage are outdated and should be rejected. Laws in civil society should define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Views

Male and female have common humanity, having equal worth in the eyes of God. The erroneous notion that one gender is superior to another should be rejected.

Membership

Precinct committeewoman Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Council, Tampa, 1991, co-chairman, 1970. Board member, past president, chairman committee Travelers Aid Society, Tampa, 1971-1993, life member, 1994. Board member, finance committee Girl Scouts American, Tampa, 1991-1995.

Board member, executive committee, past president Police Athletic League, Tampa, 1984-1988, 90—. Member Florida Commission on Status of Women. Co-chairman Selective Service System, 1971-1976.

Board directors American Red Cross, Tampa chapter, 1964-1979, American Cancer Society, Hillsborough County unit, 1982-1984. Member American Bar Association (National Conference Lawyers and Social Workers, National Conference Lawyers and Realtors, Standing Committee on National Conference Groups), Florida Bar association (chairman, legal aid committee), Tampa and Hillsborough County Bar Association (director 1958-1963, chairman elder law committee 1991-1993, mem Liberty Bell award committee 1996), National Legal Aid and Defender Association (national board directors), Florida Association Women Lawyers (president), Tampa Association Women Lawyers (president, named Outstanding Women Lawyers of Achievement 1993), Florida Federation Social Workers (president Hillsborough County chapter 1964, president state board 1969), Tampa Legal Secretary Association, United States Navy League.

Interests

• Poetry, art, theater, pottery, gardening, swimming.

Connections

Married Harry B. Stafford (divorced 1958). 1 child, Julie.

Father:

Joseph Howard

Mother:

Olive Maeblume (Goodson) Howard

Spouse:

Harry B. Stafford

child:

Julie Stafford