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Image of Radical Women rally outside the Federal Courthouse, Seattle, July 3, 1989
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Radical Women rally outside the Federal Courthouse, Seattle, July 3, 1989

This image shows some of the approximately 150 demonstrators gathered in front of the Federal Courthouse in a rally sponsored by Radical Women protesting the Supreme Court's decision to allow states to determine if public funding can or cannot pay for abortions. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.06
Date:1989
Image of Pro-choice supporters outside Faith Tabernacle, Kent, April 9, 1989
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Pro-choice supporters outside Faith Tabernacle, Kent, April 9, 1989

In this image two supporters of NOW (National Organization for Women) take their abortion-rights message to Faith Tabernacle in Kent. In Seattle on the same day demonstrators marched at St. James Cathedral. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.07
Date:1989
Image of Pro-choice supporters outside the Crisis Pregency Center, Seattle, January 22, 1988
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Pro-choice supporters outside the Crisis Pregency Center, Seattle, January 22, 1988

In this image, pro-choice supporters express their views in front of the Crisis Pregency Center at 3229 NE 125th Street in Lake City. The demonstrators accused the clinic of scaring women away from having abortions. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.08
Date:1988
Image of Supporters of Initiative 471 demonstrating outside Capitol, Olympia, January 18, 1985
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Supporters of Initiative 471 demonstrating outside Capitol, Olympia, January 18, 1985

In this image Initiative 471 supporters bow their heads in prayer on the steps of the Capitol in Olympia. About 3,700 demonstrators came to show support for the measure, which would repeal state funding of abortions. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.09
Date:1985
Image of Anti-abortion demonstration on Fifth Avenue, Seattle, May 30, 1985
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Anti-abortion demonstration on Fifth Avenue, Seattle, May 30, 1985

On May 30, 1985, a coalition of Seattle religious groups walked from the Seattle Center to the Federal Courthouse in a "Memorial March for the Unborn.'' In this image, anti-abortion demonstrators march down Fifth Avenue towards the Federal Courthouse. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.10
Date:1985
Image of Melanie Anderson in her firefighting gear, Seattle, July 2, 1981
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Melanie Anderson in her firefighting gear, Seattle, July 2, 1981

Melanie Anderson, shown here in her firefighting jacket and helmet, was one of seven women to join the Seattle Fire Department in July 1981, the largest group of women to make it through the program thus far, bringing the total number of female firefighters in the department to 24. Their success was attributed, in part, to a special training program…
ID Number:2000.107.008.06.04
Date:1981
Image of Judy Balint protesting at
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Judy Balint protesting at "Soviet Woman" exhibit at Pacific Science Center, Seattle, May 13, 1979

On Mothers Day in 1979, five members of the group Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry, wearing t-shirts reading "Free Soviet Jews," picketed outside the Pacific Science Center to protest the touring exhibit "Soviet Woman." Established in 1975 in help Jews in the Soviet Union, Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry sent aid, gifts and letters to the USSR, and worked to…
ID Number:2000.107.013.05.01
Date:1979
Image of Ramona Bennett during meeting with church officials, September 17, 1970
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Ramona Bennett during meeting with church officials, September 17, 1970

Ramona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallap Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman from 1971 to 1978.Much of Bennett’s work focuses on social welfare issues, mainly fighting for the rights of women, children, and families. She began her social service work in the 1950s, with the…
ID Number:2000.107.020.10.01
Date:1970
Image of Ramona Bennett, October 1976
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Ramona Bennett, October 1976

Ramona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallap Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman from 1971 to 1978. Bennett is also a pioneer of fishing rights advocacy, co-founding the Survival of American Indians Association in 1964, and helping to bring “fish-in” protests to national prominence. Much of…
ID Number:2000.107.020.10.02
Date:1976
Image of Ruby Bishop posing at piano at Ivar's Restaurant, Seattle, February 2, 1958
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Ruby Bishop posing at piano at Ivar's Restaurant, Seattle, February 2, 1958

Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was born in Thurston County and was a well-known Seattle jazz singer and pianist for decades. Ms. Bishop was an active member of the American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM…
ID Number:2000.107.022.17.01
Date:1958
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