Charlotte Blake at Elmira College, 1866. As we start Women's History Month, I want to tell you about someone I have long admired and written about: Dr. Charlotte Blake Brown. In 1874 Dr. Brown and her family moved from Napa to San Francisco, where she hung out her shingle as one of the city’s few … Continue reading Mrs. Dr. Brown of San Francisco
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Happy Birthday Levi Strauss!
Today, February 26, is the 195th birthday of Levi Strauss, and I thought it would be fitting to devote my blog to the great man. In 2016 I published the biography, Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World, based on my nearly 25 years of research into his life. There are … Continue reading Happy Birthday Levi Strauss!
Tumblereads: A New Twist on the Old West 