Rebel Girls from Bay Area HistoryRebel Girls from Bay Area History

The ‘Rolling Warrior’ Who Demanded Equality for People With Disabilities

A smiling Asian woman wearing a white headband and spectacles raises her right fist, surrounded by others.

The Filipina Activist So Unstoppable, Her Nickname Was ‘Bullet’

The Transgender Topless Dancer Who Went to War with Prison Authorities

A white bespectacled woman wearing a checked dress smiles warmly at another white woman as they sit close together on a couch. A wall lined with books is behind them.

The San Francisco Couple Whose Lifelong Love Changed America

The Dancer Who Helped Start the Black Panthers’ Free Breakfast Program

The Pregnant Teen Who Captained a Clipper Ship in 1856

A woman dressed in a Victorian white lace dress and black choker raises a beer mug high in the air, while smiling.

The Eccentric Saloon Owner Beloved and Defended by 19th-Century Sailors

A Black woman in a Red Cross uniform from the 1940s era.

The Red Cross Nurse and Shipyard Welder Who Served Long After World War II

The Politician Who Took a Sledgehammer to Patriarchal Norms

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