Some of Cecilia’s favorite columns
- 1
The worst mother-in-law in California was also the last woman to be executed in the state, in 1962.
Jan. 20, 2002
- 2
Angela Copeland is fascinated by the 1928 slaying of her grandfather’s first wife
April 30, 2006
- 3
The cavalryman played a key but mostly unsung role in the frontier’s settlement.
April 22, 2007
- 4
Nellie May Madison was sentenced to death for killing her husband, until she revealed abuse.
Feb. 4, 2007
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Belle Martell lost her license soon after she got it in 1940. Hall of fame will induct her posthumously.
May 21, 2006
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Indomitable saxophonist Peggy Gilbert got the beat back in the 1920s, when Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and the Kansas City Nighthawks were wowing Jazz Age dance crowds.
Aug. 27, 2006