Remarkable Women of Stockton
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.
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Remarkable Women of Stockton
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.
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Remarkable Women of Stockton

Remarkable Women of Stockton

by Mary Jo Gohlke
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Remarkable Women of Stockton

by Mary Jo Gohlke

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626194151
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 03/04/2014
Series: American Heritage
Pages: 144
Sales rank: 619,464
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Mary Jo Gohlke is a retired librarian. She provided reference services and adult programming for the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library System for eight years. Previously she has been a news writer and editor in the Bay Area and Eureka. She and her husband, Rich, reside in Stockton, and have two children and two grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Acknowledgements 9

1 The Sperry Sisters: Rich and Famous in the Golden Age 11

2 Stockton's Own Royalty Julia Weber 17

3 California's First Lady Inez Budd 23

4 Club Founder and Enterprising Journalist L. Clare Davis 29

5 She Ran the Steamships Sarah Gillis 35

6 A Local Belle in Europe Lottie Ruggles 41

7 Not a Socialite Anna Brown Holt 47

8 International Explorer and Speaker Harriet Chalmers Adams 53

9 Leader in National Mental Health Dr. Margaret Smyth 59

10 Undisputed "Tomato Queen" Tillie Lewis 65

11 "They Call Me Dynamite" Edna Gleason 77

12 Building a University Emily Knoles 77

13 Fought Wartime Injustice Elizabeth Humbargar 83

14 Breaking the Color Barrier Wilhelmina Henry Flora Mata 89

15 Strong Mayor Leaves a Legacy Joan Darrah 95

16 Crusader for Human Rights Dolores Huerta 101

17 Too Tough to Quit Loving Sylvia Sun Minnick 107

18 Behind the Black Curtains Maxine Hong Kingston 113

19 Little Manila's Champion Dr. Dawn Mabalon 119

20 Frankly Feminist Beverly Fitch McCarthy 125

Bibliography 131

Index 141

About the Author 143

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