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Meet Our 2024 History Maker: Dr. Dorothy Laigo Cordova

Honoring Dr. Dorothy Cordova: A pioneer in preserving Filipino American history and cultural pride.

Mothers' Club Leads the Way

Children's issues were deemed an appropriate arena for women: Washington Women started voting in school elections in 1890. The Rainier...

Beyond the Laundry: Women Changing the World

Women were not given the vote; they earned it.

Women's Votes, Women's Voices

This exhibit was created in 2009 in conjunction with the Washington State History Society's Exhibit, "Women's Votes, Women's Voices"....

Marion Southard Weiss

When Marion Southard married Phillip Weiss in 1926, she gave up her career as a social worker in order to raise her children. Back then,...

Working for Change Without the Vote

A hundred years ago, women's roles in the public sphere often grew out of their experience as wives and mothers at home: women worked as...