1. November 1865 to November 2015 Jan 10, 2016
The First 150 Years of Making Love Visible Being There for the Community
November 1865 to November 2015
Jan 10, 2016

2. Celebrating All Year Long!
Display at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

3. 1906 San José Earthquake Victims
23,564: Total Population
17.3 deaths per 1000: 407 in all of 1906
117 crushed in Agnew Asylum: 136 total
33% of full year’s deaths in 1 day
(1906 CDC Mortality Report)
South First Street
First Presbyterian Church of San José
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church

4. Most Vulnerable 1906 Earthquake Victims

5. 18 Apr 1906 Earthquake: San José Victims
Agnews’ Tent City
San José Relief Efforts
Unity Society Board Minutes 30 Apr 1906

6. Ames Alliance & the Visiting Nurses Association

7. Ames Alliance & the San José Day Nursery
Unity Society Board Minutes 3 Apr 1906
St. Elizabeth’s Day Home 1907
1966 San José Day Nursery 50th Celebration History
Ames Alliance Register 1907

8. Petition delivered January 31, 1880 to the California State Senate:
Next Month:
Women’s Suffrage!
Petition delivered January 31, 1880 to the California State Senate:
I, Laura J. Watkins, a citizen of the United States, a resident of California, City of San José…
being a taxpayer… and believing that taxation without representation is tyranny, hereby respectfully petition your honorable bodies for the removal of all political disabilities that she may exercise her right to vote…
Join us!
Saturdays ~1pm-4pm
California Room
5th floor MLK Library
(408)
Oakland Suffragists