March is Women's History Month
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Illuminating the hardships, joys, and lives of female pioneers in California,
Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women
features 30 first-person accounts collected from women who traveled by land or sea to settle throughout California prior to January 1, 1854.
As preparations were being made for the commemoration of California’s Golden Jubilee in 1900, a letter printed in a San Francisco newspaper asked why “no provisions had been made for the pioneer mothers.” In turn, The Association of Pioneer Women of California was formed. The group collected and preserved 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, is the basis for the exhibition at History San Jose. The ledger and exhibition create a more complete and balanced understanding of our shared history by highlighting women’s voices and experiences as they traveled to California.
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The ledger, however, does not represent all voices. As such, an important aspect of the exhibition is the inclusion 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.
Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women
March 5-June 28, 2020
Arbuckle Gallery at the Pacific Hotel
Monday-Sunday
11:00am-4:30pm
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Book Talk: Under the Almond Trees
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To commemorate Women’s History Month, and the opening of the
Her Side of the Story
exhibit, author Linda Ulleseit will talk about her book
Under the Almond Trees
that profiles three of her ancestors who were Northern California women (the first having arrived in San Francisco via the Isthmus in 1851).
Linda Ulleseit is a San Jose native, recently retired from teaching elementary school in Evergreen School District, and a member of the Paper Lantern Writers author collective.
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Book Talk by Linda Ulleseit
Saturday, March 14 @
1:00 pm
Empire Firehouse, History Park
$5 General Admission
Free to HSJ members
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Portraits of the Past Vignettes
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Portraits of the Past
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resents vignettes about the history of women’s rights in California, featuring a cast of characters from the early Spanish-American period through World War II.
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Portraits of the Past is made up of museum volunteers in period costume, who present a glimpse of days gone by in the Santa Clara Valley with shows that are educational, historically accurate, and amusing.
POP Presents Women's Rights in California
Renzel Room, History Park
Saturday, March 28
1:00-2:00 pm
$5 General Admission
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Alice in Wonderland Spring Tea
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Thaw out from the winter at our Spring Tea. Enjoy a traditional tea and sweets, featuring exclusive blends from Satori Tea. This year’s theme is
Alice in Wonderland
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April 4, 2020
Seatings at 11:00am & 2:00pm Tickets are $60 per person
Contact events@historysanjose.org or phone 408.918.1048
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Save the Date: Annual Valley of Heart's Delight Fundraiser
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Mark your calendar for History San Jose's Annual Fundraiser Thursday, June 18th at History Park. This year's honoree is Mercury News columnist Sal Pizarro. The park will be decked out in vintage style as we celebrate the Roaring Twenties.
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Peralta Adobe and Fallon House Tours
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Take a step back in time and see where San Jos
e
started!
We are excited to be opening up the Fallon House and Gonzalez/Peralta Adobe for public tours.
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These fun and exciting tours allow you to take a peek into the lives of the Gonzalez, Peralta and Fallon families, and the houses they called home.
Tours are offered every Saturday at noon & 2:00pm with tickets available online.
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Saratoga Hills Cemetery by
Francis Harvey Cutting (Oil on canvas, 1946)
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A Collector's Passion: 100 Years of Paintings
Inspired by the McKay Collection
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Leonard & David McKay Gallery at History Park
Noon-4:00pm weekends
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John Carlos and Tommie Smith, Speed City, 1968. Photo by Jeff Krott.
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Speed City: From Civil Rights to Black Power
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San Jose Museum of Art
Through April 5, 2020
Organized by History San Jose and presented in partnership with SJMA.
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Originally curated by Urla Hill in 2007, this archival exhibit examines the broader history of athletics at San Jose State beyond Tommie Smith and within the historical framework of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Featuring memorabilia, ephemera, photographs, and archival documents,
Speed City: From Civil Rights to Black Power reveals the unique cross-section of sports and activism fostered at SJSU from the late 1940s through 1969.
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History Park
635 Phelan Ave, San Jose, 95112
Monday to Friday: 12:30-5pm (September to June) | 8:00am-5:00pm (July to August)
Weekends: 8:00am-5:00pm (All Year)
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Pasetta House, G&A's Gift Shop, and O'Brien's Ice Cream Parlor
Weekends only: Noon-5:00pm
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Arbuckle Gallery at the Pacific Hotel
Monday - Sunday 11:00am-4:30pm
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Support History San Jose
Individuals and businesses support History San Jose’s mission by becoming Members, giving the gift of Membership, making a tribute gift, contributing to our Annual Fund or supporting a special project.
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