| 词条 | Pearl Chase |
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Pearl Chase was a civic leader in Santa Barbara, California. She is best known for her significant impact on the historic preservation and conservation of that city. {{Infobox person| name = Pearl Chase | image = Pearl Chase sculpture at the Santa Barbara courthouse.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sculpture of Pearl Chase at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse | birth_date = November 16, 1888 | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts | death_date = October 24, 1979 | death_place = Santa Barbara, California | education = Santa Barbara High School University of California at Berkeley (1909) Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics (later University of California, Santa Barbara) | occupation = | parents = }} Early lifeChase was born in Boston, Massachusetts[1] and moved to Santa Barbara at the age of 12.[2][2] After graduating from Santa Barbara High School in 1904, she attended the University of California at Berkeley where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.[3] She graduated with a Bachelors in the History of Letters in 1909. Civic advocacyUpon returning to Santa Barbara after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Chase was appalled at the state of her hometown: I was ashamed of the dirt and dust and ugly buildings and resolved then and there to devote my life to making Santa Barbara beautiful.[4] She had a significant influence on the architecture of the city of Santa Barbara,[5] but Chase never held political or government office of any sort.[6] Chase was largely responsible for the recasting of Santa Barbara architecture in the Spanish Colonial Style in the wake of the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake. She founded a number of civic institutions in Santa Barbara, including the local chapter of the American Red Cross, the Community Arts Association, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation,[7] and the Indian Defense Association. She was involved in advocacy for the protection of multiple local landmarks, including Chase Palm Park (which bears a plaque memorializing Chase and her brother[8]), as well as the Moreton Bay Fig Tree. In addition, she was part of an interest group which successfully lobbied the State Legislature, Governor Earl Warren, and the Regents of the University of California to move the Santa Barbara State Teachers College to the University of California system in 1944.[9] Historian Walker A. Tompkins summarized her influence on the city by saying that "She did more to beautify her adopted home town of Santa Barbara than any other individual."[1] LegacyChase was part of the founding of an organization called the Santa Barbara Council of Christmas Cheer, which brought gifts to needy community members. This organization was eventually formalized as the Unity Shoppe, a storefront on State Street which "operates a year-round 'Free' grocery and clothing store so people can shop with dignity for their basic needs."[10] A scholarship in Chase's name has been instituted at University of California, Santa Barbara in the department of Environmental Studies.[11] In addition, the Pearl Chase Society, a not-for-profit organization "dedicated to preserving Santa Barbara’s historic architecture, landscapes and cultural heritage,"[12] seeks to carry on her work. Chase was buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery.[13] References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.santabarbaraview.com/santa-barbaras-pearl341324131/ |title=Santa Barbara’s Pearl: Pearl Chase Week |format= |work= Santa Barba Review|accessdate=}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2006/may/18/pearl-chases-legacy/ |title=Pearl Chase's Legacy |format= |work=Santa Barbara Independent |accessdate=2015-01-01}} 3. ^http://heritage.kappaalphatheta.org/page/notablethetas 4. ^{{cite book|author1=Karen Hastings|author2=Nancy A. Shobe|title=Insiders' Guide to Santa Barbara: Including Channel Islands National Park|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HYRNM034ub4C&pg=PA26|year=2008|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-4555-5|pages=26–}} 5. ^Ty Smith, "'A delightful deception': The politics of public memory and the re-creation of Spanish Santa Barbara, 1920-1987," doctoral dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara 6. ^1 {{Cite journal | doi = 10.2307/41171840| jstor = 41171840| title = Small Town Progressivism: Pearl Chase and Female Activism in Santa Barbara, California, 1911-1918| journal = Southern California Quarterly| volume = 79| pages = 47| year = 1997| last1 = Barker | first1 = R. M. }} 7. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.pearlchasesociety.org/about-us.html#aboutpearlchase|title = About Pearl Chase|date = |accessdate = January 1, 2015|website = |publisher = Pearl Chase Society|last = |first = }} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Chase Palm Park Plaque|url=http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?id=2240|website=Edhat.com|publisher=Edhat.com|accessdate=2 January 2015|date=March 2008}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/events/department-news/583/in-the-beginning-ucsb-and-the-department-of-geography/ |title=In the Beginning: UCSB and the Department of Geography |format= |work= |accessdate=January 3, 2015}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.unityshoppe.org/history |title=History - Unity Shoppe | Santa Barbara|work= Unity Shoppe Non Profit |accessdate=2015-01-21}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Scholarships in Environmental Studies|url=http://www.es.ucsb.edu/student/scholarships#chase|website=Department of Environmental Studies - UC Santa Barbara|accessdate=2 January 2015}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=About The Pearl Chase Society|url=http://www.pearlchasesociety.org/about-us/|website=Pearl Chase Society|publisher=Pearl Chase Society}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8818747 |title=Pearl Chase (1888 - 1979) - Find A Grave Memorial |format= |work= |accessdate=}} External links
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