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City of Tampa honors Frances Henriques, first woman and first Hispanic city clerk
Summary
At an Archives Awareness Week event, the City of Tampa played an oral-history recording and staff speakers commemorated Frances Henriques, who served as city clerk from 1973 to 1993 and established Tampa's municipal archives and records program.
The City of Tampa honored Frances Henriques, the first woman and the first Hispanic elected as Tampa city clerk, during an Archives Awareness Week program where staff played excerpts from an oral-history recording and described her contributions to local records preservation.
Henriques, who the program said died March 19 (year not specified) at age 94, worked for the city beginning in 1954, became deputy city clerk in 1962 and served as city clerk from November 1973 to September 1993. The city said she initiated a…
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