Resolution from the Graffort Club of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Against Granting San Francisco the Hetch Hetchy Valley, February 4, 1910; Committee on the Conservation of Natural Resources; Petitions and Memorials

Title: Resolution from the Graffort Club of Portsmouth, New Hampshire Against Granting San Francisco the Hetch Hetchy Valley, February 4, 1910; Committee on the Conservation of Natural Resources; Petitions and Memorials
Date: February 4, 1910
Description: When Congress first began debating whether to grant San Francisco the Hetch Hetchy Valley in December 1908, women’s clubs provided some of the strongest opposition. Tied to women’s larger effort to extend their traditional “housekeeping” role into the public sector, resolutions like this one from the Graffort Women’s Club of Portsmouth argued that the Hetch Hetchy Valley belonged to all people as a public playground. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs drafted the language for this petition, and dozens of affiliated clubs submitted their own versions.
Publisher: National Archives, Center for Legislative Archives, Hetch Hetchy Environmental Debates
NPS Region: Pacific-West
Traditional Indigenous Landholders: Ahwahneechee (refer to the region as Ahwahnee), Miwok/Miwuk, or Mono Lake Paiute people
National Park Location: Yosemite National Park

Item sets: Women in National Parks; Women in National Parks - Pacific-West Region