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california historyvolume 88 number 1 2010 The Journal of the California Historical SocietyExecutive DirectorDavid CrossonEditorJANET FIREMANManaging EditorShelly KaleReviews EditorJAMES J. RAWLSSpotlight Editorjonathan spauldingDesign/Productionsandy bellEditorial ConsultantsLARRY E. BURGESSROBERT W. CHERNYJAMES N. GREGORYJUDSON A. GRENIERROBERT V. HINELANE R. HIRABAYASHILAWRENCE J. JELINEKPAUL J. KARLSTROMR. JEFFREY LUSTIGSALLY M. MILLERGEORGE H. PHILLIPSLEONARD PITTc o n t e n t sFrom the Editor: 100 Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Collections: California Ephemera Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3People’s Park: Birth and Survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8By Jon David CashSignificant Others: The Defining Domestic Lifeof Caroline Seymour Severance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30By Diana TittleNotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64on the front coverIllustrations comparing suffragists to heroic andinspired figures were prevalent during the prolongedstruggle for women’s suffrage. In this 1911 poster byOakland artist Bertha M. Boyé, a setting sun formsa halo behind a western woman advocating Votesfor Women. Winner of a competition sponsored bywomen’s suffrage organizations in San Francisco,the poster was displayed throughout the city priorto the successful October 10, 1911, election grantingCalifornia women the vote. Diana Tittle describes thecontributions of one of the state’s pioneering suffragistsin her essay “Significant Others: The DefiningDomestic Life of Caroline Seymour Severance.”California History is printed inLos Angeles by Delta Graphics.The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute,Harvard UniversityEditorial offices and support forCalifornia History are provided byLoyola Marymount University,Los Angeles.1