One of the most controversial figures in South Florida, James Humble, will be speaking tonight at 19316 SW 380 St. in a last minute panel change. In an odd twist, James Humble was a driving force in the women’s movement by influencing his wife’s feminism, she admits.Humble’s wife, Feminist Patricia Ireland, was the longest-serving president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), a position she held from 1991 to 2001. According to http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/:
“It was Ireland's second husband, James Humble, who helped spark what she now recalls as her slowly "budding feminism." The artist and fruit farmer followed her to Miami from graduate school. After living together for awhile, they married in 1968. Ireland says that Humble helped open her eyes to the "disrespect" she was "subjected to on the job" every day.”
He is an odd one to be sure, but smart. He co-sponsored the Shiver fundraiser for Mario Diaz Balart. The "Homestead is Home" blog calls the sponsors: The “Axis of Evil.” Humble supports "property rights"...and appears on the right on a lot of issues.
Perhaps Ireland is not the traditional feminist we all imagined?
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Community Forum Series 2008
Wednesday, April 23rd,2008
Dinner (Reservations needed: cost $12): 6:00-7:30
Free Public Program 7:30-9:00
Location: Community Center of Everglades Farm Worker Village, Homestead, Fl
(19316 SW 380 St. For Directions See. www.uel.org)
Between Two National Parks:
Tourism, Agriculture, and Future Development in South Dade.
LOL!
Patricia Ireland
How many millions did Humble make, on land speculation in South Dade? And now he's "a farmer". LOL.
Ah, James Humble AKA Mr. 10 %. He is called 10% because everything he does for anyone (or a government) he wants a 10% cut. He couldn't care less about the environment unless he can get 10%.
His darling wife, Patricia Ireland, blew into town to lobby commissioners against Redland incorporation a few years ago; they may want to sell their land for condos someday and don't want any troublesome local government promoting survival of agriculture.
Quite a pair!
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