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  • “Born a Leading Lady”: The Political Trajectory of Lucretia del Valle

  • Margie Brown-Coronel
  • Journal:
    The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Volume 19 / Issue 4 / October 2020
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    12 August 2020, pp. 623-633
    Print publication:
    October 2020

  • This essay explores the life experiences that shaped the political work of Lucretia del Valle Grady. Born in California at the turn of the twentieth century, del Valle Grady traced her lineage to early California Spanish-Mexican settlers. She came of age in the emerging metropolis of Los Angeles and closely witnessed her father's, Reginaldo del Valle, own political career evolve. After a successful acting career, Lucretia left Los Angeles to study in New York and took part in suffrage efforts. While suffrage occupies a center role in understanding women's political work, this essay shows that suffrage functioned as a stepping stone between formidable political experiences. By decentering suffrage, this profile traces the vast scope of del Valle Grady's life of political engagement.