FIRST VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA
Oakland, CA November 8, 1911 - Emma Tom Lueng (left) and Clara Lee were the first Chinese women to register to vote in California. They are shown here at the Alameda County Court House. From left are Mr. Tom Lueng, Emma’s husband, Dr. Charles G. Lee, Clara’s husband, and County Clerk W. B. Reith.
(Edward “Doc” Rogers / Oakland Tribune)
Story can be read by following this link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/702888/november-8-1911.pdf
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)
Oakland, CA January 3, 1919 - Honorary Colonel Mary Pickford welcomes home the boys of the California National Guard 143rd Field Artillery Battery B after fighting in World War I. (Photo by E. A. “Doc” Rogers / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives / Public Domain)
Mary Pickford, known as “America’s Sweetheart” was the most popular actress of her time. She co-founded United Artists film studios with Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith.
Coming Sunday in the Oakland Tribune and online…
“Trip in Time” Oakland Children’s Christmas Pageant
Oakland, CA December 20, 1919 - Children dressed in snow costumes in the 1919 Christmas pageant at the Oakland Civic Auditorium are flanked by two Santa Clauses: a traditional Father Christmas at left and the modern version at right. (E. A. “Doc” Rogers / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
On November 11, 1918, Armistice was declared ending the First World War. We now celebrate this day as Veteran’s Day in the United States.
The first photo shows the day’s Oakland Tribune newspaper.
In the second photo, people flood the streets at 13th and Broadway in celebration.
Oakland Tribune trucks participated in an impromptu parade in the third photo. Note the masks many are wearing to prevent the infection of influenza. 1918 was a time of a widespread Spanish Flu.
Further reading about the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/
(Photos by Mose L. Cohen / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Posters such as these gained affirmative votes from the male electorate in California back in October 1911 when the Suffragettes demanded equality at the polls. (E.A. “Doc” Rogers / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives)
Poster from Rogers’ personal collection, public domain.
There’s still time to register http://registertovote.org/index.html
An original color version of this poster is held at Schlesigner Library, Radcliffe College. It can be viewed online http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/28516346 or in the book Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907 - 1941 by Lisa Tickner
