Her home was often the setting for garden teas , moon-viewing parties , and memorable salons attended by local and visiting celebrity authors , artists , and book lovers . Her diaries from 1889 to 1943 are peopled with artists , actors , writers , society leaders , career women , and others active in the intellectual life of Los Angeles during that time . One guest thought of the occasions as a mingling of “ the inconvenient and the cultivated . ” Percival began writing for publication in 1896 and sold her first poem and first article just before her 28th birthday . Eventually , she began to regularly contribute to the Los Angeles Times , writing articles on subjects ranging from women ’s suffrage to gardening . After the Los Angeles Times bombing in 1910 , she penned an article titled '' Would Woman 's Vote Suppress Anarchy '' , which appeared in the October 16 , 1910 issue : If ever we needed the full representation of the whole people in government affairs , that need is terribly emphasized by this distressing occurrence . As for equal suffrage , I have never in my life heard one sane argument against it . I think the only argument that men who are opposed to the measure have ever advanced in justification of their unfair and un-American position , is that they do not want women to lose their delicacy and charm by rough contact with matters political . This is not ' sentiment ' but sentimentality . . . . There is no sense or intelligence about it . Women must live in the world as truly as men and in many instances they are as well equipped for the actualities of life as men . . .
Los Angeles Times bombing
Los Angeles Times bombing
Olive Percival