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Tag: Controversial monuments

Posted on July 26, 2018August 10, 2018 by admin

What I Learned by Studying San Francisco’s Pioneer Monuments

My interest in pioneer monuments began with the dozens of statues of pioneer mothers in sunbonnets. Pioneer Mothers appeared across the United States, including the bronze sculpture by Charles Grafly that now stands in Golden Gate Park. Trained as a western gender historian, I set out to write a book that compared depictions of frontier Read More…

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