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Diverse Pioneers: Historical Women of Napa Valley

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1995 A Walk in the Clouds movie, grape crushing scene with Victoria (Aitiana Sanchez-Gijon).            Photo courtesy: nataliemaclean.com.

 

In honor of March being designated “National Women’s History Month,” the Napa County Library and Rebecca Yerger – local historian and Napa Valley Register columnist – are offering “Diverse Pioneers: Historical Women of Napa Valley.” This special, FREE, one-hour Zoom presentation will highlight the lives, times and accomplishments of – pioneer settler Maria de Jesus Higuera Juarez; California’s “Mother of Civil Rights” Mary Ellen Pleasant; early local feminist Electa Hartson and other notable women from Napa County’s past.

 

Maria de Jesus Higuera Juarez, 1814-1879. Photo courtesy: John Steinhart@2015.
Mary Ellen Pleasant on her wedding day in 1839. Photo courtesy:blackkudos.tumblr.com

Saturday, March 20, 2021
from 1 – 2 PM.

 

For more information,
please visit napalibrary.org/events
or call 707-253-4235.

 

 

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