Josephine Clifford McCracken
Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921) was a California writer and journalist, a contemporary of Bret Harte, John Muir, Ina Coolbrith, and Joaquin Miller, and an environmentalist. She was a member of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association.
Josephine Clifford McCracken in the 1910s
Ina Donna Coolbrith was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of California", she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state.
Ina Coolbrith in the 1880s
Coolbrith in her youth
Coolbrith in San Francisco at the age of 29 or 30
Joaquin Miller in the 1870s