Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women
December 2, 2021 – January 16, 2022
In 1900, The Association of Pioneer Women of California formed and collected the reminiscences of women who arrived in California before 1854 in a single ledger. This incredible document, filled with over 800 handwritten stories of California pioneer women and in the collection of The Society of California Pioneers, is the basis for this exhibition. Together, the ledger and exhibition create a more complete and balanced understanding of our shared history, by highlighting the voices of women who traveled to California.
The ledger, however, does not represent all women. As such, an important section of the exhibition is comprised of forty diverse portraits of unidentified women. These women represent the thousands of pioneers whose stories were never recorded; each one had a story to tell which is lost to time.
Wreck of the Ship Paul Jones, Fort Point – Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
A visit to the Nick of the Woods, Valley of Lake Tahoe – Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
Subject Unknown – Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
Subject Unknown – Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
Subject Unknown – Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
Subject Unknown – Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
Subject Unknown Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
San Francisco, 1850 – Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers.
Nearly a Mile Straight Down…Yosemite – Underwood & Underwood stereoview, 1902 Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers. San Francisco,
