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Woman In Battle For Equal Male-Female Topless Rights Awarded $15,000

POSTED: Thursday, May 8, 2008
UPDATED: 9:27 am EDT May 8, 2008

A 45-year-old woman who has shown her breasts publicly many times in recent years in protest of Daytona's public nudity ordinance was awarded $15,000 for claims of damage due to her arrests.
IMAGES: Topless Protest Arrests

Elizabeth Book, a mother and Ormond Beach resident, has been arrested several times protesting laws that stop women from publicly exposing themselves.

Book sued Daytona Beach for $100,000 and other damages stemming from what her attorney called negligence, false arrest and malicious prosecution, the Daytona Beach News Journal reported.

Courts ruled in the woman's favor, so the city changed its ordinance to include language that says a person does not have a constitutional right to public nudity if they are protesting a nudity ordinance, the report said.

The city commission awarded Book the settlement Wednesday night.

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