Kim Bancroft

19 JANUARY 2023 — thursday

The Mechanics' Institute presents editor and writer Kim Bancroft discussing her new book, Writing Themselves Into History: Emily and Matilda Bancroft in Journals and Letters, an insightful look into the lives of Emily Brist Ketchum Bancroft (1834-1869) and Matilda Corey Griffing Bancroft (1848-1910), first and second wives to the famous California historian Hubert Howe Bancroft, Mechanics' Institute Library, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, free for members, public sliding scale $5-$10, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.milibrary.org/events/events-activities)