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The Okaloosa County Women's Hall of Fame (OCWHOF) is a tribute to women who live or have lived in Okaloosa County, Florida. The Hall of Fame is meant to "recognize and honor women who have helped to improve the community," says Jeanette Debs, a chairwoman of the OCWHOF. The Hall of Fame is largely virtual, with the first physical display set up in 2006 at the Crestview courthouse. Photographs of past inductees are displayed in Crestview and in Niceville. Nominations are accepted from the public in several areas of endeavor.
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- ↑ Osbourne, Heather. "The Carver-Hill Museum tells stories of Okaloosa's segregated black students". Northwest Florida Daily News.
- 1 2 Freeman, Danielle. "Carver-Hill High School And The Early Education Of Afro-Americans in Crestview". www.wuwf.org.
- ↑ Spann, Ann. "10 things you didn't know about Crestview". Crestview News Bulletin.
- ↑ "Carver-Hill". www.carverhillmemorialandhistoricalsocietyinc.org.
- ↑ Jones, Mary V. (February 17, 1979). "Carver Hill Museum has city blessing". Pensacola, Florida: Pensacola News Journal. p. C1. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331974 [ dead link ]