Ex-Fla. Sen. Paula Hawkins Dies At 82
Local 10 Miami - 1 hour 7 minutes agoFormer U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins, the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, has died. The Florida Republican was 82.
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Former U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins, the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, has died. The Florida Republican was 82.
The Associated Press Paula Hawkins, the feisty, self-described "housewife from Maitland" who in 1980 became the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, died Friday. She was 82.
Hawkins, the feisty, self-described 'housewife from Maitland' who in 1980 became the first woman elected to a full U.S. Senate term without a family political connection, died Friday.
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