Elizabeth A. Kovachevich

The residents also wanted to change the rules to allow visitation by males, which displeased Kovachevich greatly.

On May 21, 1971, hundreds of female students protested by marching to the Capitol, carrying signs mocking Kovachevich.

The United States Senate never acted on Kovachevich's nomination before Ford's presidency ended.

Her nomination was blocked through a custom known as senatorial courtesy because the Democratic Party controlled the Senate, and Florida's Senators, Lawton Chiles and Richard Stone, Democrats, opposed her confirmation.

[citation needed] Ford's successor, President Jimmy Carter, elected not to renominate Kovachevich.