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The Savior of California’s Suffrage Movement

Illustration shows a torch-bearing female labeled "Votes for Women", symbolizing the awakening of the nation's women to the desire for suffrage, striding across the western states, where women already had the right to vote, toward the east where women are reaching out to her. Printed below the cartoon is a poem by Alice Duer Miller.

The Savior of California’s Suffrage Movement

After California’s male voters decisively defeat a women’s voting rights ballot measure in 1896, suffragists display plenty of public bravado. But it’s all for show. …

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Moving Day at the Governor’s Mansion

Shows the exterior of the Governor's Mansion, lawn, and trees

Moving Day at the Governor’s Mansion

Published by Greg Lucas

In November 1903, Gov. George Pardee and his family move into the Governor’s Mansion at 16th and H Streets in Sacramento. Pardee, his wife Helen and their four…

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