Posts Tagged ‘Women in early California’

Eliza Gregson’s Story chronicles the life of a woman who experienced California before the Gold Rush and during the early years of statehood. Born in Manchester, England, Eliza Marshall Gregson worked in the cotton mills of Derbyshire, England and Pawtucket, Rhode Island before her marriage and journey west. Her experiences are those of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times. She arrived in Sonoma to witness the Bear Flag Revolt