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Testimonios : early California through the eyes of women, 1815-1848 / translated with introduction and commentary by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Women pioneers.
- Hispanic American women.
- History.
- California--History--To 1846--Biography.
- California.
- Hispanic American women--California--Biography.
- Women pioneers--California--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 470 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday Books : The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, [2006]
- Summary:
- 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-almost as an afterthought. These were eventually archived at the University of California, although many were all but forgotten.
- From the editors of the highly influential hands of Promise and Despair, here are thirteen women's firsthand accounts from the time 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. Some of their words are translated here into English for the first time.
- Contents:
- Testimonios
- Isidora Filomena 3
- Rosalia Vallejo 17
- Dorotea Valdez 31
- Maria Antonia Rodriguez 43
- Teresa de la Guerra 49
- Josefa Carrillo 69
- Catarina Avila 85
- Eulalia Perez 95
- Juana Machado 119
- Felipa Osuna 145
- Apolinaria Lorenzana 165
- Angustias de la Guerra 193
- Maria Inocenta Pico 297
- Excerpts from "Ramblings in California" / Henry Cerruti 321
- "Report of Labors in Archives and Procuring Material for History of California 1876-9" / Thomas Savage 341
- Original Transcript of Interview of Rosalia Vallejo / Henry Cerruti 385
- Original Transcript of Interview of Dorotea Valdez / Henry Cerruti 388
- Biographical Sketches of Historical Figures 395
- Chronology of Events in Early California 424
- Governors of Alta California and Important Events during Their Governorships 427.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-460) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1597140325
- 9781597140324
- 1597140333
- 9781597140331
- OCLC:
- 63245365
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