OUR LATEST PROJECT

                                THE BOOK: "WHY CAN'T I?" - EMPOWERED WOMEN OF SHASTA COUNTY 


Shasta Lake Heritage & Historical Society is collaborating on a book with Anderson Historical Society entitled "WHY CAN'T I?" (empowered women of Shasta County).  Below are a list of names being considered. Please let Ron Jolliff know at rajolliff@gmail.com or Darlene Brown at slhandhs@gmail.com if you would like to commit to this project. The articles will be 2 - 6 pages long, including photographs. Rough drafts will need to be submitted by November 15, 2022. The women suggested were from the 19th & 20th century. The names already selected or being considered are annotated in red by the organization/name. With an * means the name has an author already. Other societies and tribal entities have been invited to participate. It should be an interesting and worthwhile project. March is "Women's History Month" and our goal will be to release the book in March 2023. Please contact us if you are interested when we begin editing in late November. 

 

  1. ALEXANDER, ANNIE MONTAGUE/field scientist – AHS*

  2. BALOU, ADELINE “ADDIE” LUCIA/nurse – AHS*

  3. BASS, BESSIE – postmistress TB*

  4. BEHRENS /ELLA GENEVIEVE – first woman Asst. bank cashier BEM*

  5. BELL, ROSELINE/teacher

  6. BIDWELL, LOTTIE ELMA/teacher

  7. BLAIR, EUNICE FRANCIS, postmistress

  8. BLAIR, MARTH “MATTIE” EVERTTA/teacher

  9. BOGGS, MAE HELEN BACON/historian     SHS

  10. BOOTHROYD, HAZEL/advocate for hearing impaired  SLHHS*

  11. BOSWORTH, JOSEPHINE     FCM*

  12. BOYER, AMANDA MALVINA/homesteader, rancher

  13. CARR, MARIE/music teacher/historian       SLHHS*

  14. CLOUGH, DEBORAH/businesswoman

  15. COLBURN, PHOEBE/businesswoman- AHS*

  16. COLEMAN, DONNA MARIE/teacher – AHS*

  17. COUEY, MARTHA ALICE/Justice of the Peace – AHS*

  18. CRAVENS, NORMA/teacher

  19. DAILEY, AMY V./telephone operator

  20. DOZIER, IRENE ROSALIE/nurse – AHS*

  21. EAMES, ELIZABETH/photographer – AHS*

  22. EATON, EDNA MABEL BEHRENS/County treasurer    BEM

  23. FISH, RUTH ELLA/teacher     SLHHS

  24. FLANAGAN, MARGARET/teacher    SLHHS

  25. FOXX, OPAL/cook Shasta Dam    SLHHS*

  26. FRISBIE, MABEL MOORES/artist    SLHHS

  27. GILES, MYRA (ALMIRA) ELIZA/teacher

  28. GILES, ROSENA/  AHS*

  29. GILLESPIE, ZELINDA/businesswoman

  30. GRANGER, ESTELLE/school advocate          SLHHS

  31. GREGORY, MARTHA ELLEN/businesswoman, midwife   SLHHS*

  32. GROVES, EMAA/businesswoman

  33. HILL/EDITH IDA (Ashcraft)

  34. HOLT, INAZETTA/    AHS*

  35. HUNT, ANN/teacher       SLHHS

  36. INGLES, ANNIE (aka ANITA GRACE STUDNICK)    AHS

  37. JONES, FLORENCE CURL/Native American activist – SLHHS*

  38. JOSEPH, KATIE J./teacher

  39. KANK, VERNA “NANA’/businesswoman      SLHHS*

  40. KARDELL, MARGARET/Native American, author     SLHHS

  41. KINGSBURY, CHARLOTTE AGNES/teacher

  42. KLUKKERT, AMANDA JANE/pioneer – AHS*

  43. LITSCH, JULIA/businesswoman

  44. LOOMIS, ESTELLA “STELLA” MORTON/postmistress, artist/ – AHS*

  45. LORENZ, SUSAN/businesswoman

  46. LOWE, ISSAC/started NAACP chapter in Redding   SLHHS*

  47. LOVE, MARY FREDRICA/ postmistress

  48. LUDWIG, WILHELMINA/businesswoman

  49. MAJOR, HARRIET E./businesswoman

  50. MARSH, ELLA LOUISE/teacher

  51. MERRILL, BETHA/superintendent of schools    SLHHS*

  52. MULLEN, JOSEPHINE “JOSIE”/teacher

  53. MULLEN, MARGARET    AHS*

  54. PETERSON, CLEORA/Pioneer, activist        SLHHS

  55. POLF, MARGARET/Board Chairwoman      SLHHS

  56. POORE, MARGARET I./superintendent of schools

  57. PREHN, BESSIE IRENE/teacher

  58. READING, ALICE     AHS*

  59. SATORIUS, VERONICA/teacher, author   SLHHS

  60. SCHARSCH, ROSE/teacher

  61. SEARS, ALMA/Native American –  SLHHS*

  62. SHERIDAN, MARY/postmistress

  63. SHIPLET, THELMA LEOLA/author

  64. SIMMONS, WINONA V./county recorder, businesswoman

  65. SOUTHERN, MAY HAZEL/author      SLHHS

  66. STEGER, GERTRUDE ANN/historian, author             SLHHS

  67. SWAIN, LILLIE S.B./teacher

  68. WAUGH, MARTHA ANNETTE/postmistress

  69. WHITE, LULU EDNA/superintendent of schools

  70. WILSON, MOLLY/Supervisor        SLHHS*

  71. WOOLMAN, STELLA/postmistress, businesswoman     SLHHS

  72. WRIGHT, MARY ELLEN