13:1513:15, 7 August 2024diffhist+11,164 N
Value of Native Plants in a Biologically Illiterate Society
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Jake Sigg, 2024'' ''Ed. Note: This essay appeared in Jake's regular weekly emails as "Autobiographical note 65 - Invasive plants" 800px '''Foeniculum vulgare.''' ''Photo: Wikimedia Commons'' The principal focus of my life in retirement is protection of natural ecosystems. This biographical note sketches the early years starti..."
11:4111:41, 11 July 2024diffhist+19,530 N
City Workers Strike of 1976
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Nancy Snyder, 2024'' Image:Pickets-at-Brooks-Hall-April-24-1976.jpg ''Photo by Clem Albers, San Francisco Chronicle'' Mayor Joseph Alioto, who served as San Francisco Mayor from 1968-1976, was determined that all strikes be settled quickly. Therefore, when the police and fire departments went on strike in the summer of 1975, Mayor Alio..."
20:3620:36, 27 June 2024diffhist+6,424 N
San Francisco Women in Construction
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>I was there . . .</font></font> </font>''' ''by Molly Martin'' ''Originally published as "The T-Shirt" on [https://mollymartin.blog/2023/01/24/the-t-shirt/ tradeswomn musings], January 2023.'' Image:Plumberditch.jpg ''Photo: Molly Martin'' I first encountered Dar on a job site. The contractor had moved me there so he could meet affirmative action requirements for females on the job. This was a popular..."
21:1221:12, 23 May 2024diffhist+8,515 N
Forty Years Walking Through San Francisco
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Naomi Marcus, originally published as "The ghosts of San Francisco’s past are still there if you only look and listen", May 17, 2024, at [https://sfseniorbeat.com/2024/05/17/the-ghosts-of-san-franciscos-past-are-still-there-if-you-only-look-and-listen/ sfseniorbeat.com].'' 800px '''Powell a..."