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California Female Antirape Activism, 1850-1950
Research Prospectus On January 15, 1913, citizens of San Francisco crowded into the gymnasium of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in the city’s Oceanside district. Multiple female organizations, including the Susan B Anthony Club and the San Francisco Women’s Civic League, gathered in the brown shingled building in support of the Oceanside Women’s Club’s campaign to…
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Women’s History
“In The Architects Province”: Julia Morgan, California’s First Female Architect, 1904-1951 In the early hours of April 18, 1906, a massive earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area. Measuring 8.3 on the Richter Scale, the earthquake shook buildings causing almost irreparable damage. More significantly, the jolting busted water and gas lines, causing small fires that…
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San Francisco History
What Happened To Chief Biggy?: corruption, crime, and a cold case in early twentieth century San Francisco On the cold foggy night of November 30, 1908, Chief of Police William J. Biggy went missing shortly before midnight from a police patrol boat in the San Francisco Bay. Mostly decomposed and unrecognizable, his body was found…
Northern California History 