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© 2011 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data California women and politics : from the gold rush to the Great Depression / edited by Robert W. Cherny, Mary Ann Irwin, and Ann Marie Wilson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-3503-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Women—Political activity—California. 2. California—Politics and government. I. Cherny, Robert W. II. Irwin, Mary Ann, 1955– III. Wilson, Ann Marie. hq1391.u5c347 2011 320.9794082'09034—dc22 2010046714 Set in Quadraat by Bob Reitz. Designed by R. W. Boeche. In memory of Mildred Nichols Hamilton ...

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