3224 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Hazel Wolf paddling a kayak, November 4, 1985
Social activist and environmentalist Hazel "Leo" Wolf (1898-2000) was born Hazel Anna Cummings Anderson in Victoria, British Columbia and lived in the Seattle area for most of her life. Wolf's causes ranged from the rights of workers, women, and minorities to the protection of wilderness, wetlands, and wildlife. She became involved in labor issues after moving to Seattle in 1923,…
ID Number:2000.107.232.20.01
Date:1985
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Women marching on International Women's Day, Seattle, March 8, 1975
This image was taken as about 300 women, men, and children marched through downtown Seattle in observance of International Women's Day, and to demand equitable working conditions for all. The group assembled at the Federal Building and paraded to Westlake Center, where they listened to speeches, including one on the history of International Women's Day, which was established in Europe…
ID Number:2000.107.232.25.01
Date:1975
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Women holding sit-in at Federal Building, August 26, 1981
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2000.107.232.25.02
Date:1981
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Demonstrators holding signs supporting ERA, Seattle, March 5, 1977
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2000.107.232.25.03
Date:1977
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Performers singing at International Women's Day rally, March 8, 1991
This image was taken as Susan Lewis, left, and Janet Stecher of the group Rebel Voices sing at the International Women's Day (IWD) rally held at Westlake Center in downtown Seattle. Lewis and Stecher have been performing together as Rebel Voices since 1989, and prior to that as The Belles of Hoboken, and Shays' Rebellion. Their concerts and workshops combine…
ID Number:2000.107.232.25.04
Date:1991
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Demonstrators marching with signs supporting the ERA, Seattle, July 8, 1978
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U.S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state legislatures…
ID Number:2000.107.232.26.01
Date:1978
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Demonstrators holding signs supporting the ERA, Seattle, June 30, 1991
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2000.107.232.26.02
Date:1991
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Diane Wong, July 1, 1979
This photo of Diane Wong was taken to accompany an interview published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. At the time, Diane Wong was the director of Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs.Diane Wong grew up in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. She attended Garfield High School, where she became involved in the civil rights movement, and the University of…
ID Number:2000.107.232.27.01
Date:1979
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Kayla Skinner and Harry Wong at Trader Vic's restaurant, June 20, 1991
Trader Vic's was a Polynesian-themed chain restaurant founded in 1934 by Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (1902-1984) in California. The first franchised Trader Vic's opened in Seattle in 1949, and the chain expanded quickly during the Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s. The Seattle restaurant moved to the Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) in 1969, and closed in…
ID Number:2000.107.232.27.02
Date:1991
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Harry Wong, manager of Trader Vic's Restaurant, Seattle, May 18, 1978
Trader Vic's was a Polynesian-themed chain restaurant founded in 1934 by Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (1902-1984) in California. The first franchised Trader Vic's opened in Seattle in 1949, and the chain expanded quickly during the Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s. The Seattle restaurant moved to the Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) in 1969, and closed in…
ID Number:2000.107.232.27.03
Date:1978