When in the Early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn\'t count on one thing: the women.
Testimonios presents thirteen women\'s firsthand acco.
These interviews were eventually archived at the University of California, though many were all but forgotten.
When the men weren\'t available, the interviewers collected the stories of the Women of the household--sometimes almost as an afterthought.
When in the Early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn\'t count on one thing: the women