Doris Weatherford is a leading women's historian. She published her first book, Foreign and Female:  Immigrant Women in America: 1840-1930, in 1986. Her second book, American Women and World War II, came out in 1990; it has been translated into Japanese.  Then followed American Women’s History: An A-Z (1994), and Milestones: A Chronology of American Women’s History (1997). Geraldine Ferraro wrote the Introduction for next book, A History of the American Suffragist Movement (1998), issued in connection with the 150th anniversary of the first women’s rights convention. 

Congressman Jim Davis honored Weatherford by including this in the Congressional Record. She served as executive editor for Women’s Almanac (2000 and 2002) and most recently completed the four-volume A History of Women in the United States: A State-by-State Reference (2003).

In addition to entries in works such as Scribner’s classic Dictionary of American Biography, Ms. Weatherford has received grants from the YWCA and the Florida Humanities Council.  “Remember the Women,” a photo exhibition of largely forgotten Florida women, has been displayed in public libraries throughout the state and is available at the Council’s website.

During the administration of Governor Lawton Chiles, Ms. Weatherford chaired the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame, which is on permanent exhibit in the rotunda of the state capitol.  Governor Chiles also appointed Weatherford as a trustee of Hillsborough Community College.

Ms. Weatherford is listed in various editions of the World Who’s Who of Women, Who’s Who in America, and Contemporary Authors.  A member of the Authors Guild, her most important honors are from the International Association of School Librarians and the National Order of Women Legislators.