Remarkable Women of Stockton (Paperback)

Women played prominent roles during Stockton's growth from gold rush tent city to California leader in transportation, agriculture and manufacturing. Heiresses reigned in the city's nineteenth-century mansions. In the twentieth century, women fought for suffrage and helped start local colleges, run steamship lines, build food empires and break the school district's color barrier. Writers like Sylvia Sun Minnick and Maxine Hong Kingston chronicled the town. Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers. Harriet Chalmers Adams caught the travel bug on walks with her father, and Dawn Mabalon rescued the history of the Filipino population. Join Mary Jo Gohlke, news writer turned librarian, as she eloquently captures the stories of twenty-two triumphant and successful women who led a little river city into state prominence.

General

Imprint:	History Press (SC)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	Mary Jo Gohlke
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-1-62619-415-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-62619-415-7
Barcode:	9781626194151

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