Modesta Avila: Feminist Icon and Orange County's First Convicted Felon | Lost LA | Food & Discovery
When Modesta Avila placed "a heavy fence post" across a set of railroad tracks with a sign that read, "'This land belongs to me. And if the railroad wants to run here, they will have to pay me $10,000," she cemented herself in California culture as a symbol of resistance against the rich and powerful.
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