Story Corps

Sonoma County Suffragist Stories: Abigail Haskell

 
 
Abigail Haskell lived in Petaluma, California in the mid- and late 1800s. She was a champion of women's education and equal pay for equal work, a fierce and opinionated writer, and a leader in the women's suffrage movement in Sonoma County and California.
 
Video producer: Isabel Fischer
 
Special Thanks to: 
Ann Nisson
Katherine Rinehart
John Sheehy
Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library
 
Voiceover by Sierra Downey
Imagery of and information about Abigail Haskell courtesy of Ann Nisson

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