Testimonios : early California through the eyes of women, 1815-1848
by Rose Marie Beebe (Translator)
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When in the early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn't count on one thing: the women. When the men weren't available, the interviewers collected the stories of the women of the household--sometimes almost as an afterthought. These interviews were eventually archived at the University of California, though many were all but forgotten. Testimonios presents thirteen women's firsthand accounts show more from the days when California was part of Spain and Mexico. Having lived through the gold rush and seen their country change so drastically, these women understood the need to tell the full story of the people and the places that were their California. show lessTags
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Rose Marie Beebe is Professor of Spanish Literature at Santa Clara University. robert M. Senkewicz is Professor of History at Santa Clara University. Beebe and Senkewicz are the coauthors of Junipero serra: California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary.
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- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies
- DDC/MDS
- 920.72 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Biographies Famous People of Native Nations Women
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- F864 .T327 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history California
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