Yours for Equal Justice: Suffragist in the Big Pink House.

This week's speaker is Sondra Murphy. She grew up in Chico during the Bidwell Mansion’s original State Park Renovations. She has since lived all over California, working as a mother, librarian, reporter, and editor among other things. Returning to her hometown post-divorce, she was a Bidwell Mansion Guide from 2013 - 2024. Her presentation will feature the long-running commitment by Annie Bidwell in support of women’s suffrage Annie’s involvement would take her to a national interaction with the leaders of that movement. The 19th Amendment to the American Constitution would give women the right to vote right after Annie’s death in 1918.