Sarah Brooks Pryor

Civic activist and historic preservationist

Sarah Frances Brooks Pryor (June 1, 1877 – July 20, 1972), known as "Aunt Frances", was a civic activist and historic preservationist in Florida.

She was born in an Okaloosa County log cabin and rowed a boat to school. She became a teacher, a postmaster of Fort Walton Beach and eventually the operator of the historic hotel, the Indianola Inn.^[1] President Woodrow Wilson appointed her in 1917 as a postmaster and she served until 1943.^[2] She founded and was president of the Woman's Club of Fort Walton Beach.^[3] She was the founder and active member of the Frances Pryor Camellia Society for beautification projects in her area. She was the originator of the Blue Star Marker at the Temple Mound Museum which commemorates those who died in World War II.^[4]

She died in Okaloosa County in 1972^[5] and was elected to the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1995 and her name is displayed in the Florida State Capitol.^[6]

References

^ "Sarah Frances Pryor (Page 3a) - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
^ Humphrey, Kelly. "Local woman bequeaths $1 million to college". Retrieved July 29, 2018.
^ "Florida Commission on the Status of Women | Sarah 'Aunt Frances' Brooks Pryor". fcsw.net. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
^ "Sarah Frances Pryor (Page 3a) - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
^ Florida Death Index, 1877–1998
^ "You searched for sarah brooks pryor - Florida Women's Hall of Fame". Florida Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2018-07-29.

External links

Sarah Brooks Pryor at Find a Grave

Florida Women's Hall of Fame

Administered by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women

1980s

1982	Mary McLeod Bethune Helene S. Coleman Elaine Gordon Wilhelmina Celeste Goehring Harvey Paula Mae Milton Barbara Jo Palmer
1984	Roxcy O'Neal Bolton Barbara Landstreet Frye Lena B. Smithers Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Sybil Collins Mobley Helen Muir Gladys Pumariega Soler Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle
1986	Annie Ackerman Rosemary Barkett Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry Dorothy Dodd Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elsie Jones Hare Elizabeth McCullough Johnson Frances Bartlett Kinne Arva Moore Parks McCabe Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Florence Barbara Seibert Marilyn K. Smith Eartha M. M. White

1990s

1992	Jacqueline Cochran Carrie P. Meek Ruth Bryan Owen
1993	Betty Skelton Frankman Erde Paulina Pedroso Janet Reno
1994	Nikki Beare Betty Mae Jumper Gladys Nichols Milton
1995	Evelyn Stocking Crosslin JoAnn Hardin Morgan Sarah Brooks Pryor
1996	Marjorie Harris Carr Betty Castor Ivy Julia Cromartie Stranahan
1997	Alicia Baro Carita Doggett Corse M. Athalie Range
1998	Helen Gordon Davis Mattie Belle Davis Christine Fulwylie-Bankston
1999	Althea Gibson Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin Dessie Smith Prescott

2000s

2000	Chris Evert Paula Fickes Hawkins Marianne Mathewson-Chapman
2001	Jessie Ball duPont Lenore Carrero Nesbitt Lynda Keever
2002	Victoria Joyce Ely Toni Jennings Frances Langford Stuart
2003	Sarah Ann Blocker Gloria Estefan Mary R. Grizzle
2005	Shirley D. Coletti Judith Kersey Marion Hammer
2006	Caridad Asensio Tillie Fowler Lucy W. Morgan
2007	Maryly VanLeer Peck Peggy A. Quince
2008	Barbara J. Pariente Pallavi Patel Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
2009	Louise H. Cortelis Gwen Margolis Betty Schlesinger Sembler

2010s

2010	Eugenie Clark Claudine Dianne Ryce Dara Grace Torres
2011	Mary Brennan Karl Anna I. Rodriguez
2012	Ruth H. Alexander Elizabeth "Budd" Bell Vicki Bryant Burke
2013	Clara C. Frye Aleene Pridgen Kidd MacKenzie Lillie Pierce Voss
2014	Susan Benton Louise Jones Gopher Dottie Berger MacKinnon
2015	Mary Lee Farrior Evelyn Cahn Keiser Charlotte Edwards Maguire
2016	Carol Jenkins Barnett Helen Aguirre Ferré Elmira Louise Leto
2017	Mary Lou Baker Kathleen Scott Robertson Katherine Fernandez Rundle
2018	Adela Hernandez Gonzmart Janet Petro Lee Bird Leavengood
2019	Doris Mae Barnes Judith A. Bense Mildred Wilborn Gildersleeve