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Elizabeth "Budd" Bell was a human service lobbyist, and social worker by education, who was one of the people that helped draft Florida's Baker Act. She was known as “the conscience of Florida.”

She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.

Biography

Born Elizabeth ”Bess” Lander in 1915, Bell died October 15, 2009, at the age of 94. She was a Winnipeg native who emigrated to the United States in 1949.

Career

Bell founded the Budd Bell Clearinghouse of Human Services in 1974, the Florida Center for Children and Youth and Florida's Human Rights Advocacy Committee. Bell was a founding member of the National Association of Social Workers.

References

1. ^ Marbin Miller, Carol (October 17, 2009). "'CONSCIENCE OF FLORIDA' DIES AT 94". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
2. ^ "Rights advocate Elizabeth 'Budd' Bell dies". CT Insider. October 21, 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
3. "Three women join hall of fame". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 9, 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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