Allen Allensworth (died 1914) Founded African-American town of Allensworth in Central Valley

• African American History web page
• Suite University - book commercial information site
• California History Online

Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) Fought for farm workers' rights

• Cesar Chavez
• MyPrimeTime.com
  An online magazine

Ng Poon Chew (1866-1931) Worked for rights of Chinese Americans

• Inn-California

Dolores Huerta (born 1930) Started labor union for farm workers

• National Women's History Project
• Hispanic American Biography
  via the Gale Research site

George Shima (1865-1926) Japanese immigrant, "Potato King"

• No extensive biographies on the Internet.
• Fact Monster
• Infoplease

Women's Rights Workers

Caroline Severance (1820-1914) started Women's Clubs to promote reform

• About.com
• Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography
• Caroline Marie Seymour Severance