497 results for: Women's Rights
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Anti-war protest in front of Seattle-First National Bank, April 17, 1972
On April 17, 1972, about 500 people gathered in front of the Seattle-First (SeaFirst) National Bank Building at 1001 4th Avenue to protest the U.S. bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong the previous day. The protest, organized by several women's groups, demanded that the bombing stop and the U.S. support North Vietnam's Seven Point Peace Plan, presented at the Paris peace…
ID Number:2000.107.153.16.01
Date:1972
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Kiyo Sakahara, Seattle, March 27, 1974
This image shows Kiyoshi (Kiyo) Sakahara (1920-2013), a leader in Seattle’s Japanese American community. She attended the University of Washington majoring in chemistry, but shortly before graduation her studies were interrupted by the forced removal of Japanese Americans. Sakahara was incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, then the Minidoka concentration camp. Sakahara and her family obtained early release and she…
ID Number:2000.107.159.13.01
Date:1974
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Employee at the Federal Reserve Bank, Seattle, January 14, 1954
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco opened a branch in Seattle in 1917. After some years in leased space, the Seattle Branch moved into its own, purpose-built building on Second Avenue and Madison Street in 1951. Among the branch's many responsibilities were the handling and distribution of coins and currency.Here, Ella Dalton sorts and cancels worn out bills with…
ID Number:2000.107.165.11.02
Date:1954
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Phyllis Lamphere and Bill Earl dancing at Bumbershoot, Seattle, August 16, 1974
Begun in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot is one of North America’s largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.In this image, Seattle councilwoman Phyllis Lamphere, right, dances with Bill Earl of the Renaissance dancers at the IBM Plaza. The Seattle Brass Ensemble, singers, and dancers traveled from downtown to the Seattle Center to officially open…
ID Number:2000.107.168.06.05
Date:1974
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Do Good Club members discussing event, Seattle, February 11, 1948
The Do Good Club, a club begun by five 11- and 12-year-old girls in Seattle's North Park neighborhood (roughly the area surrounding present-day North Seattle Community College), sponsored events to raise money for local organizations.In this image 12 of the 13 members of the club plan a sale of home-made Valentine's Day candy to benefit the Washington Heart Association. Members…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.01
Date:1948
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Do Good Club members receiving tickets, Seattle, March 18, 1948
The Do Good Club, a club begun by five 11- and 12-year-old girls in Seattle's North Park neighborhood (roughly the area surrounding present-day North Seattle Community College), sponsored events to raise money for local organizations.In this image Do Good Club parent supervisor Mrs. Anthony C. Tarr hands out tickets to the club members. The club members were to sell tickets…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.02
Date:1948
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Do Good Club members with donated items, Seattle, November 29, 1948
The Do Good Club, a club begun by five 11- and 12-year-old girls in Seattle's North Park neighborhood (roughly the area surrounding present-day North Seattle Community College), sponsored events to raise money for local organizations.In this image members of the Do Good Club pose with some of the donations they've collected for their bazaar to raise money for wood-wind instruments…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.03
Date:1948
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Tip Toppers club members washing a car, Seattle, August 22, 1959
Begun as the Seattle Timberliners around 1947, the Seattle Tip Toppers' Club, a non-profit social organization for tall persons, has been part of Tall Clubs International (TCI) since 1954. Minimum height requirements for membership in the club are 5’10” for women and 6’2” for men.In this image club members Jim White, left, Al Bergman, and Zilpha Meador, wash a car…
ID Number:2000.107.171.08.03
Date:1959
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Students in costume at April Fools day party, Seattle, April 4, 1950
This photo shows high school students in costume at the Galadears' April Fool party, held at the Women's University Club in Seattle. Each high school presented a different theme, such as Valentine's Day, or winter sports. The students are identified from left as, Doris Jahnke, Larry Brown, Peter Jackson, and Mary Kay Morrissey. Caption information derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.171.11.01
Date:1950
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Woman's Century Club members lighting anniversary candles, Seattle, July 18, 1961
Seattle's Woman's Century Club was founded in 1891 by suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt and nine other Seattle women. The club, still in existence, was both social and educational, and numbered many notable Seattle women among its members. For many years the group met in its own clubhouse on Capitol Hill. Here, in 1961, three long-time members gather by seven candles…
ID Number:2000.107.171.11.02
Date:1961