Bibliography
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Beebe, Rose Marie, and Senkewicz, Robert M. Testimonios: Early California through the Eyes of Women, 1815-1848. Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday: The Bancroft Library, U of California, Berkeley, 2006. Print.
Californio women recollect the Spanish and Mexican periods of Alta California.
Bowman, Jacob Neibert. "Prominent Women of Provincial California." The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly 39.2 (1957): 149-166.
Article listing prominent Californio women, including their family land claims.
Crawford, Kathleen. “María Amparo Ruiz de Burton: The General’s Lady.” The Journal of San Diego History, vol. 30, no. 3, Summer 1984. Retrieved from https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1984/july/burton/
Biographical information about the woman described as the author of the first Mexican- American novel in English.
Madyun, Gail, Malone, Lawrence P, and Fikes, Robert. Black Pioneers in San Diego, 1880-1920. San Diego, Calif.: San Diego Historical Society, 1980. Print.
Clippings and photographs highlighting African-American pioneers of early San Diego, including America Newton.
Ruíz, Vicki. From out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-century America. Tenth Anniversary ed. New York, NY: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.
History of the early 20th century U.S. from the perspective of Mexican women.
Ruiz De Burton, María Amparo, Sánchez, Rosaura, and Pita, Beatrice. Conflicts of Interest: The Letters of María Amparo Ruiz De Burton. Houston, Tex.: Arte Público, 2001. Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project Publication. Print.
Correspondence of the author of “The Squatter and the Don,” contextualized by scholars of Latin American and Chicano Literature.
Sánchez, Rosaura. Telling Identities: The Californio Testimonios. Minneapolis, Minn.: U of Minnesota, 1995. Print.
Historical and literary analysis of the Californio testimonios.
Shipek, Florence Connolly. Delfina Cuero: An Account of Her Last Years and Her Ethnobotanic Contributions. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, 1991. Print.
Autobiography of a Kumeyaay Indian woman detailing the life of her people in San Diego County.
Compiled by Torie Quiñonez, Arts and Humanities Librarian, CSU San Marcos