This collection documents the advocacy work of Florence Richardson Wyckoff during the 20th century, whose work advocated for the rights for migrant farmworkers in California and throughout the United States. Her advocacy ranged from issues of health, housing, social work, and education, all focusing on the welfare of migrant farmworkers and their families. The collection includes records from her involvement in organizations and committees in non-profit and governmental sectors, including Migrant and Adaptation in the Americas (MAIA), Farm Labor Housing Advisory Committee, Corralitos Valley Community Council, Coastal Resource Management Project, California Advisory Board on Children and Youth, Governor's Advisory Committee on Children and Youth, California Board of Public Health, and California Citizens Committee on Adoptions. Types of materials include reports, government publications, periodicals, files, correspondence, and research materials.

Florence Richardson Wyckoff (1905-2000) was a social activist based in Watsonville, California who dedicated her life to advocating for the health and upward mobility of migrant farmworkers and their families at local, state, and national levels. Throughout her career, she was involved in grassroots, legislative, non-profit, and community-building organizations such as the California Advisory Board on Children and Youth, the Governor's Advisory Committee on Children and Youth, the California Board of Public Health, the Corralitos Valley Community Council, the Coastal Resource Management Project, the Farm Labor Housing Advisory Committee, and the California Citizens Committee on Adoptions. A career milestone was Wyckoff's involvement in the passage of the California Migrant Health Act and subsequent Federal Migrant Health Act in 1962, which established health clinics for families of migrant farmworkers throughout the country. Florence Wyckoff passed away in 2000 at the age of 94.

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