PIONEERS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS
FOR 2011
FIRST PLACE: Elizabeth Ahrens-Kley
Dr. Ben Cory CLICK HERE TO READ HER ESSAY
Pioneer and First Medical Physician of San Jose, California
SECOND PLACE: Gage Mckinney
Santa Clara Valley Troubadour CLICK HERE TO READ HIS ESSAY CLICK HERE TO READ THE POEMS
A Life & Selected Poems of Thomas Clarence Urmy
THIRD PLACE: Kathleen Kozacek
WHERE THE GIRLS ARE CLICK HERE TO READ HER ESSAY
Castilleja: A College Preparatory School for Girls in Santa Clara County Castilleja
HONORABLE MENTION: Grace Andriola Purpura
A WOMAN’S PLACE, A Personal Journey in the Changing Santa Clara Valley
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HONORABLE MENTION: JOANNA HERZ
If Walls Can Talk
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HONORABLE MENTION: SUSAN SARGENT
PRESIDENTIAL VISITS THEN AND NOW
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Ruth McCaffrey
The Indelible Stamp
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Elizabeth Barratt
The F.R.F.G. Women’s Study Club
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