497 results for: Women's Rights
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Seattle Storm players cheering at WNBA championship game, Seattle, October 12, 2004
The Seattle Storm played the Connecticut Sun in the 2004 Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Finals, competing for the League championship. Both teams were making their first appearance in the finals. After tieing at a game apiece, the Seattle Storm won the championship in the third game, played on their home turf at KeyArena (now Climate Pledge Arena).Here, three Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.20041012.CD02.01.001
Date:2004
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Boycott Scab Beer!/Boicotean Cerveza Esquirol! flier, 1977
The Coors boycotts began in the 1960s and lasted officially until the late 1980s, though some opposition continued after that time. The boycotts focused on three issues: the company's long opposition to organized labor; allegations of discriminatory hiring practices against Hispanics, African Americans, women, and LGBTQ people; and Joseph Coors' funding of conservative politicians and organizations. The first boycott in…
ID Number:2002.23.1.43.1
Date:1977
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Free Yvonne Wanrow mailer, 1978
Yvonne Swan Wanrow is an activist advocating for the rights of Native Americans and women. She is a member of the Colville Tribes of eastern Washington. On August 11, 1972, Wanrow shot and killed a convicted sex offender when he attempted to assault her young son. She was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty years in prison, but appealed…
ID Number:2002.23.1.52.1
Date:1978
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Bisexuality group for women flier, 1979
This flier advertises a series of meetings of a support group for women who are bisexual or curious about bisexuality. The meetings were held by Sister, "a women's sexuality organization," located on NE 56th Street in Seattle, which charged a negotiable fee of $60 for six sessions.
ID Number:2002.23.1.61.1
Date:1979
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S.O.S. for Black Education, flier from Freedom Socialist Party, 1987
This flier advertises an "SOS for Black Education" event hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party at New Freeway Hall in 1987. Speakers included Dawn Mason, Oscar Eason, Elizabeth Jackson, and Teri Bach. Dawn Mason served in the Washington State Legislature from 1995-1999 and was the only Black member of the legislature during her terms. She was Ranking Chair of the…
ID Number:2002.23.2.30.3
Date:1987
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Seattle Liberation Front Program for Action, circa 1970
The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF), organized by University of Washington professor Michael Lerner in January 1970, was a short-lived radical organization arising out of the student movements of the 1960s. The group became famous when conspiracy charges against seven of its members were filed in connection with a protest at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over…
ID Number:2002.23.3.4b.1
Date:1970
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Women's Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment flier, November 1976
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would have amended the US Constitution to guarantee equal rights under the law regardless of sex. It was passed by both houses of Congress in 1972 but was not ratified by enough states before the deadline set by Congress. As a result, it was not added to the Constitution, but it has been reintroduced in…
ID Number:2002.23.3.68.1
Date:1976
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March for Women's Rights flier, Seattle, August 26, 1978
Women's Equality Day, celebrated in the U.S. on August 26, commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. First celebrated in 1973, the day is proclaimed each year by the United States President, and marked by celebrations, as well as protests and marches.This flier advertises the August 26, 1978 Women's Rights March in Seattle,…
ID Number:2002.23.3.99.1
Date:1978
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ERA march and rally poster, Seattle, August 23, 1980
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1923 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:2002.23.4.24.1
Date:1980
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Dyke March poster, June 25, 1994
This poster was printed to "celebrate lesbian visibility" and to encourage participation in Seattle's annual Gay Pride Parade.This item is one of many gathered by the Seattle-born author, artist, and chronicler of local drag culture, Donald Charles "Don" Paulson (1933-2012), in a collection he "dedicated to everyone who ever participated in a protest March, attended a Vigil, campaigned for Peace,…
ID Number:2002.23.6.4.1
Date:1994