Mary Jo Ignoffo teaches history at De Anza College in Cupertino, California, specializing in modern U.S., California, and local history. She has authored six books, and her Gold Rush Politics was the California State Senate's commemorative book in honor of California's Sesquicentennial. Her biography of the rifle heiress, Sarah Winchester, identifies dozens of sources that dispel the convoluted mythology about the widow. Ignoffo's articles have appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Clara Magazine, and The Californian. She has been interviewed for film documentaries including Sunnyvale Voices, a compilation of stories about the defense and agricultural industries in California; Million Dollar Dirt about the demise of farmland in the San Francisco Bay Area; and two upcoming documentaries. Ignoffo has worked as a preservation consultant, participating in surveys of historic buildings, and as curator at history museums in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than a dozen installations.
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The first full-length biography of Sarah Winchester, the subject of the movie Winchester starring Helen Mirren, now available for the first time in audio. Since her death in 1922, Sarah Winchester has been perceived as a mysterious, haunted figure. Aft... SEE MORE