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Lorenzana was the only girl that did not marry. [2] [b] She had received a proposal of marriage but preferred to remain single. [2] Her mother came with her on the trip from Mexico to Alta California. She married a soldier and moved with him to San Blas. Lorenzana did not see her mother again. [5] Mission San Diego de Alcalá, 1848
Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage is an international non-governmental organization with the mission to end child marriage throughout the world. [1] The organization was created by The Elders to enable small groups from around the world to address the common issue of early marriage.
The Women's Museum of California (WMC) is a nonprofit museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, dedicated to women's history.It was founded in 1983. [1] It was first organized under the names the Women's History Reclamation Project and then the Women's History Museum and Educational Center.
In 1910 San Diego had a population of 39,578, San Diego County 61,665, Los Angeles 319,198, and San Francisco 416,912. San Diego's scant population made it the smallest city ever to attempt holding an international exposition. However, the Exposition was a huge success and was extended for a second year. [1]
Location of San Diego County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Diego County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Diego County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Several of the cottages in 2009. The House of Pacific Relations International Cottages is a complex of cottages in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.Built for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition, they currently house 34 groups that "promote multicultural goodwill and understanding through educational and cultural programs". [1]
In 1969, five members of what is now known as the San Diego History Center began work to arrange for the city's purchase of the house for use as a museum and cultural center. After opening for such purpose on November 12, 1972, a volunteer organization known as the Friends of Villa Montezuma (FOVZ) continued for the next four decades to ...
George Marston was a department store owner and a prominent civic leader in San Diego. He was a founder of the San Diego Historical Society (now the San Diego History Center). [3] He may be best known for preserving the site of the San Diego Presidio, the first European settlement in present-day California, which had fallen into ruins. He ...