Writing Themselves into History: Emily and Matilda Bancroft in Journals and Letters Religion_Gift_Guide How to Raise a Mom

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Writing Themselves into History: Emily and Matilda Bancroft in Journals and Letters Religion_Gift_Guide How to Raise a MomA window into the world of nineteenthcentury California, from two women who experienced it firsthand. In the early years of Californias statehood, Emily Brist Ketchum Bancroft (18341869) and Matilda Coley Griffing Bancroft (18481910) had frontrow seats to the unfolding of the Golden States history. The first and second wives of historian extraordinaire Hubert Howe Bancroft, these two women were deeply engaged members of society and perceptive