For over a half century, California has been at the leading edge of the wave of environmental activism, and, not surprisingly, the Bay Area has provided numerous leaders in this effort. The majority of these enviro-pioneers were talented and dedicated women, many of whom were housewives and mothers. These visionaries recognized that the post-World War...
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Honoring our Founding Mothers and 55th Birthday
On a May evening in 1962 more than two dozen of Ruth Spangenberg’s friends and neighbors gathered in the plant-filled living room of her Page Mill Road home. They were housewives, engineers, teachers, architects and writers who believed a balance needed to be struck between development and open space. That night, Committee for Green Foothills...