Here's for some major female empowerment.
Women have done some rad stuff in history; much of which has been underreported or long forgotten. We've done our homework though and found many a local female badass in our city's backstory. Take a look at some of the coolest women to leave their mark on San Francisco history.
Charlotte L. Brown
Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955, Charlotte L. Brown was standing up for her civil rights in 1863 San Francisco. On April 17 of that year, Brown was kicked off of a horse-drawn streetcar after refusing to get off. She had ridden the streetcar before, but was still asked to leave. Charlotte sued the Omnibus Railroad Company on two separate occasions, for two separate incidents—and won both times.
