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Sarah Hayes









                                                                          Early 30's, the young wife of Judge

                                                                          Richard Hayes who finds herself left with
                                                                          gambling debts and an alcoholic business

                                                                          partner when her husband dies
                                                                          unexpectedly. A self-taught expert in law,
                                                                          she now finds herself widowed and

                                                                          struggling to provide for herself in a land
                                                                          with few friends or opportunities for

                                                                          women. Based on white woman at that
                                                                          time.

                                                                          Women, under English laws have less rights

                                                                          than Californios.









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