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• Fly Girls

  How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

  O'Brien, Keith, 1973-

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  These women aviators were pioneers whose names should be remembered. Instead they’ve been all but lost to time. If you like women’s history, aviation or history of any kind, this is a must read! To find out more, one can also visit the Oakland…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oakland Aviation Museum

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  Women have always been involved in aviation, whether it was behind the scenes supporting the efforts of others, or taking on the challenges of piloting and taking risks with experimental aircraft - to taking their rightful place in space…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me, Frida

  Novesky, Amy

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  A beautifully illustrated, charmingly told story of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The picture book tells about how she and her new husband Diego Rivera first moved to San Francisco. After a time of uncertainty and doubt, she soon blooms both…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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  The pictures (mostly portraits) that Kahlo painted in San Francisco reveal her interest in nineteenth-century Mexican folk portraiture and popular art. The 1931 painting titled, Frieda and Diego Rivera, is on view on floor 2 as part of Portraits…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Crazy Summer

  Williams-Garcia, Rita

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  When sisters Delphine, Vonetta and Fern go to visit their mother in Oakland for a month, they imagine surfing at the beach, getting autographs from movie stars and going to Disneyland, and a long way from home in Brooklyn where they live with their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African American Museum and Library - Oakland

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  The African American Museum and Library at Oakland is dedicated to the discovery, preservation, interpretation, and sharing of historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West for present and future…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Favorite Daughter

  Say, Allen

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  Yuriko is part Japanese. Her schoolmates start to make fun of her for not looking Japanese yet having a Japanese name, and it gets worse when one of her teachers accidentally calls her "Eureka." She decides that she wants to be "Michelle" instead.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Japanese Tea Garden - San Francisco

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  The Japanese Tea Garden provides visitors from around the world with an opportunity to experience the natural beauty, tranquility and harmony of a Japanese-style garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Originally created as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All About Julia Morgan

  Perry, Phyllis J., 1933-

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  After becoming the first woman to receive and architecture license in California, she opened her own business and was quickly singled out by William Hearst, who admired her imaginative style and unique projects. With his funding, she built Hearst…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chapel of the Chimes - Oakland

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  With a proud tradition of serving area families since 1909 , Chapel of the Chimes Oakland is an architectural gem with great historical significance. Redesigned in 1928 by renowned architect Julia Morgan of Hearst Castle fame, it was conceived as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rainbow Flag

  Bright, Bold, and Beautiful

  Fisher, Michelle Millar

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  This colorful story follows a group of friends who helped dye and sew strips of cloth to create the first Rainbow Flags for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1978. Led by a young artist named Gilbert Baker, the friends set out to create…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• GLBT Historical Society Museum & Archives - San Francisco

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  In April 2021, the GLBT Historical Society received an archival donation of an extraordinary, unique piece of history that we are unveiling during the Pride season: a fragment of one of the two monumental rainbow flags first raised on June 25, 1978…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ruth Asawa

  a Sculpting Life

  Schoettler, Joan

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  This book was a beautiful story of an artist who continued to create beauty even after a deep struggle as a WWII displaced person. The story is lyrically written and the illustrations were fitting for this wonderful and unique artist. There are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• De Young Museum - San Francisco

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  In 2005, in celebration of the opening of the redesigned de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Ruth Asawa donated 15 sculptures to the Fine Arts Museums for a permanent installation. This grouping was personally selected by Asawa as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea

  a Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants

  Johnston, Tony, 1942-

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  Levi Strauss invented the denim jean for hard workers whose previous pants ripped and tore easily. This is the story of how Levi thought of the denim jeans idea and turned them into reality essentially changing the attire for physically hard working…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vault Museum Levi Strauss & Co - San Francisco

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  Located in Levi Strauss & Co.’s San Francisco headquarters, the Vault is free and open to the public. It offers a taste of the company Archives, which house a wealth of documents, clothing, photographs, films and other artifacts dating back to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maybelle the Cable Car

  Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968

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  By recounting actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy. DING DING get your fill of cable cars by riding one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cable Car Museum - San Francisco

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  Presenting cable car history, technology, information, and gift shop. Located in San Francisco's Washington-Mason powerhouse and carbarn, the museum provides a historical perspective and insight into today's system.

• Paper Son

  Lee's Journey to America

  James, Helen Foster, 1951-

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  Travelling halfway across the world alone would be a little scary for anyone. This is even more true for someone who is a child. Lee must leave all that he knows. Before his parents died, they spent all of their money buying a "paper son slot" for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Angel Island - San Francisco Bay

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  Angel Island State Park, the largest natural island in the San Francisco Bay, offers some of the best views of the surrounding Bay Area. With great hiking trails and many other recreational opportunities readily available, Angel Island is truly a…Read moreRead more of this annotation