263 results for: Politics and Politicians
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The Western Woman Voter, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1911
The monthly newspaper Western Woman Voter began publication following the November 1910 passage of wpmen's suffrage in Washington State. Founded by Seattle lawyer and suffragist Adella Parker, Western Woman Voter was published from January 1911 to January 1913 "in the interest of enfranchised women of the west." With suffragist colleagues from California, Parker promoited her progressive views on political and…
ID Number:1970.4814.17
Date:1911
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The New Citizen, February 1911
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.18
Date:1911
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The New Citizen, March 1911
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.19
Date:1911
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The New Citizen, April 1911
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.20
Date:1911
Serial
The New Citizen, May 1911
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.21
Date:1911
Serial
The New Citizen, Holiday Number, January 1912
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.22
Date:1912
Correspondence
Letter from Bertha K. Landes, March 15, 1926
Bertha Ethel (Knight) Landes (1868-1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle from 1926 to 1928. Landes vowed to clean up city government, running for mayor on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club,…
ID Number:1974.5855.5
Date:1926
Ephemera
All Seattle needs Landes for mayor, 1926
Bertha Ethel (Knight) Landes (1868-1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle from 1926 to 1928. Landes vowed to clean up city government, running for mayor on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club,…
ID Number:1974.5855.6
Date:1926
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Mayor Bertha Landes and Captain Roald Amundsen at train station, Seattle, June 28, 1926
Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (1868-1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle from 1926 to 1928. Landes vowed to clean up city government, running for mayor on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club,…
ID Number:1974.5855.17
Date:1926
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Grover Tyler, Mayor Bertha Landes, and James Spangler near plane, Seattle, September 15, 1926
Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (1868-1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle from 1926 to 1928. Bertha vowed to clean up city government, running for mayor on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club,…
ID Number:1974.5855.24
Date:1926