![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Each of these women, a suffragist, an architect, and a woman who opens up her own business, struggled to give women the same opportunities as a man. My Review: Under the Almond Trees tells the story of three California women who were for women’s rights. I am proud to call these women family and honored to share their story. When he later refused to pay for their daughter’s college education, Eva followed the example of her Aunt Emily and reopened her photography business. Even so, Ellen’s granddaughter Eva VanValkenburgh chose a traditional life of marriage and children, even closing her photography business at her husband’s insistence. By the 1930’s women enjoyed more freedom, including the vote. She and her life partner Lillian set out to build homes themselves. No one would hire a woman, but Emily would not be deterred. ![]() In 1901, Emily Williams, Ellen’s daughter-in-law, became an architect – very much against her family’s wishes. Ellen decided that had to change, and became a suffragette. Women weren’t allowed to vote yet, either. It started with a falling tree branch that killed Ellen VanValkenburgh’s husband in 1862, forcing her to assume leadership of his paper mill, something women weren’t allowed to do. Synopsis: Under the Almond Trees is the story of my family – three ordinary women in California who lived extraordinary lives. Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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