At a time when gender roles generally excluded women’s participation in business, science and sport, resort proprietor Katherine Chandler and other entrepreneurial women of the early 20th century built successful tourism businesses at Lake Tahoe. Join us for a talk by author and UC Davis alumna Janet Kaidantzis, who will share these women's remarkable stories and a glimpse into her research process.
 

As part of that process, Kaidantzis relied on materials, including diaries, personal correspondence, and photographs, from two major collections in the UC Davis Library’s Archives and Special Collections: the Pierce Family Papers (D-022) and the Glen Alpine Springs Collection (D-698). Selected items from the collections will be on display during the event for attendees to explore.

Free and open to all. Please register in advance to reserve your spot.

About the Speaker
Janet Kaidantzis is a UC Davis graduate (1988) and holds an MBA from the University of Washington (1992) and an MA in Public History from California State University, East Bay (2023). She is the author of Fallen Leaf: A Lake and its People 1850-1950. In Fall 2024, her article about early Tahoe tourism was published in California History, the journal of the California Historical Society.