Juana Briones de Miranda

Juana Briones de Miranda
Born	Juana Briones y Tapia 1802 Villa de Branciforte (modern day Santa Cruz), California
Died	3 December 1889 Palo Alto, California
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery (Menlo Park, California)
Other names	Juana Briones y Tapia de Miranda
Occupation(s)	Ranchera, Curandera, pioneer
Spouse	Apolinario Miranda
Parent(s)	Marcos Briones María Ysiadora Tapia

Juana Briones de Miranda (c. 1802 – 1889) was a Californio ranchera, medical practitioner, and merchant, often remembered as the "Founding Mother of San Francisco",^[1][2] for her noted involvement in the early development of the city of San Francisco (then known as Yerba Buena). Later in her life, she also played an important role in developing modern Palo Alto.^{[citation needed]}