"The purpose of a name is to designate an individual, and to distinguish that individual from others. I received my law degree and my certificate to practice as Mary Lou Baker. … It might even be considered unsportsmanlike for me to use the name of my husband upon the ballot and thereby borrow from the goodwill established by the name of Capt. Searle H. Matthews."
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Women activists from the United StatesWomen's rights activistsWomen politicians in the United StatesWomen born in the 1910s
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Column: Why Mary Lou Baker belongs in Florida Women's Hall of Fame Retrieved 13 April 2025
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Mary Lou Baker
1914 – 1965
Mary Lou Baker (1914–1965) was a member of the Florida House of Representatives and a women's rights activist.
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