Midtown in Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
19th Amendment Outdoor Museum
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021
1. María Amparo Ruiz de Burton Marker
Inscription.
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton. 19th Amendment Outdoor Museum. The first female Mexican American author to write in English. Who Would Have Thought It? was the first novel to be written in English by a Mexican living in the United States. The book was published in 1872 without the author's name on the title page and details the struggles of a Mexican American girl born in Indian captivity, Lola, in an American society obsessed with class, religion, race and gender. She often wrote about ethnicity and gender and its impact on one's power in society. A friend of Mary Todd Lincoln, her close look at government corruption also led her to campaign for better government for all. De Burton also used her writing to counter portrayals of Mexicans and critique discrimination of Californios.
The first female Mexican American author to write in English. Who Would Have Thought
It? was the first novel to be written in English by a Mexican living in the United States.
The book was published in 1872 without the author's name on the title page and details
the struggles of a Mexican American girl born in Indian captivity, Lola, in an American
society obsessed with class, religion, race and gender. She often wrote about ethnicity
and gender and its impact on one's power in society. A friend of Mary Todd Lincoln, her
close look at government corruption also led her to campaign for better government for
all. De Burton also used her writing to counter portrayals of Mexicans and critique
discrimination of Californios.
Location. 38° 34.531′ N, 121° 28.884′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Midtown. Marker is on K Street near 19th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1900 K Street, Sacramento CA 95811, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. This is one of nineteen markers that comprise the 19th Amendment Outdoor museum, erected in 2020 as part of the "I Vote" project, honoring suffragettes and their work.
Also see . . . 1. María Ruiz de Burton (Wikipedia). "María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (July 3, 1832 – August 12, 1895) was the first female Mexican-American author to write in English. In her career she published two books: Who Would Have Thought It? (1872) and The Squatter and the Don (1885); and one play: Don Quixote de la Mancha: A Comedy in Five Acts: Taken From Cervantes' Novel of That Name (1876)....
Ruiz de Burton's work is considered to be a precursor to Chicano literature, giving the perspective of the conquered
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021
2. María Amparo Ruiz de Burton Marker - wide view
Mexican population that, despite being granted full rights of citizenship by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, was a subordinated and marginalized national minority..." (Submitted on April 26, 2021.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 131 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
