Since the announcement of Maya Angelou's death this morning, the country has been tweeting, blogging, and Facebooking the poems and words of wisdom that she has left us. An incredible woman, whose spirit will ripple on in the wake of her death for years to come, also left a mark on San Francisco.
In what was a little known fact (until today), some 70 years ago Maya Angelou became San Francisco's first black female street car conductor, according to NBC. And to top it off, she was only 16.