tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34090149.post4027732198771994807..comments2024-02-28T00:51:37.706-08:00Comments on California Historical Society: MS Monday—PPIE Part 3: The girl who named the fairUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34090149.post-18236920338085819862015-04-13T10:29:39.980-07:002015-04-13T10:29:39.980-07:00Some other details I had to cut from the book (Bon...Some other details I had to cut from the book (Bonus!)<br /><br />Oakland’s Bournemouth Circle club held a “Jewel City Ball” at which Virginia was presented with a gold cross necklace and a bouquet of choice roses. On a fair, breezy summer day, Virginia rode in state through the streets of San Francisco on a float emblazoned with a large banner identifying her as having named the Fair. The float bore about 50 African-American children and was organized by the Alameda County Colored American Civic Center. <br />Virginia’s early successes were predictive. When she won the Call contest, she had just been promoted to eighth grade at the top of her class. Mary Church Terrell, journalist and founding president of the National Association of Colored Women, said of her, “One might travel a long distance before meeting a girl with brighter eyes, a more intelligent, pleasant countenance and a more prepossessing personality.” Virginia attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduated from Boalt Law School, and in 1929 became the first African-American woman admitted to the Bar in California. She went on to a long career in the State Office of Legislative Counsel.Laura Ackleyhttp://www.sf1915.comnoreply@blogger.com