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REINA SANCHEZ







                                                                        Late 30's, owner and bartender at The

                                                                        Queen of Califa saloon. Raised from a good
                                                                        family in Monterey, she has the street

                                                                        smarts that have seen more than their share
                                                                        of violence and discrimination. Based on
                                                                        Mexican women at that time.



                                                                        Before its annexation, California was under the
                                                                        Spanish laws where a married woman retained

                                                                        her property, wages, legal rights and even
                                                                        maiden name, after marriage and remained as

                                                                        economically autonomous as unmarried
                                                                        woman.










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