This is a biography of Rose Aichberg Rostron, detailing her life and its achievements while paralleling them with the widespread, historic growth of women in politics in the 1930s.

Notables: Clement Young, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Anna Aichberg, Christian Aichberg, Ely Building, Ernest Otto, George Rostron, Marcella Rostron, Vivian Rostron, Addie Braun, Hiram Johnson, Soquel Avenue Bridge, 1924 National Convention for the Good Roads Movement, Mary Hanson, Verdes Hanson, Elizabeth Owens, Mabel Crews, Lloyd Foster, Margaret Koch, Jack Stockfleth, Charles Pinkham, George Ley, Santa Cruz-Watsonville Highway, De Laveaga Park, Glen Canyon covered bridge, First Congressional Church of Santa Cruz, Rebekah Assembly, IOOF, De Laveaga Home Extension Group, Business and Professional Women's Club / BPWC, Hulda McLean