497 results for: Women's Rights
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Nan Campbell, October 5, 2009
Interview with Nan Campbell conducted by Marsha King for the Eastside Political Women Oral History Project in October 2009. Campbell served on Bellevue's City Council from 1981 to 1989 and as Bellevue's first woman mayor from 1989 to 1990. Topics discussed include her actions on the Bellevue City Council, her work in human services and advocacy, and her early career.
ID Number:2019.35.14.1
Date:2009
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Doris Munz Cooper, April 10, 2010
Interview with Doris Munz Cooper conducted by Marsha King for the Eastside Political Women Oral History Project in April 2010. Cooper was a member of Kirkland's City Council from 1973 to 1984 and the first woman mayor of Kirkland from 1984 to 1990. Topics discussed include running for political office as a woman in the 1970s, her childhood and education,…
ID Number:2019.35.14.2
Date:2010
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Christine T. Himes, July 13, 2009-April 13, 2010
Interview with Christine T. Himes conducted by Marsha King for the Eastside Political Women Oral History Project in July 2009 and April 2010. Himes was the first woman mayor of Redmond from 1980 to 1984. Topics discussed include her personal background, her advocacy and running for Redmond's City Council, and her work in politics. July 13, 2009 interview is video…
ID Number:2019.35.14.3
Date:2009
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Oral history interview with Doreen Marchione, November 19, 2009
Interview with Doreen Marchione conducted by Marsha King for the Eastside Political Women Oral History Project in November 2009. Marchione who was first elected to Redmond's City Council in 1975 and served as mayor from 1984 to 1991. Topics discussed include her background, her early career, and her work in politics.
ID Number:2019.35.14.5
Date:2009
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Oral history interview with Beth Bland Winn, September 29, 2009
Interview with Beth Bland Winn conducted by Marsha King for the Eastside Political Women Oral History Project in September 2009. Winn was the first woman mayor of Mercer Island from 1980 to 1984. She also served on the regional Metro Council and unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress in 1982. Topics discussed include her background, her early career, and her work…
ID Number:2019.35.14.6
Date:2009
Postcard
Seattle Gay Culture Center postcard, 2000
The Seattle Gay Culture Center was one of the early initiatives of the Queen City Development Corporation (QCDC), founded in 1996 by local activist David Schraer. The QCDC was the result of discussions between Washington State LGBT leaders and experts in community and economic development about building institutional capacity and addressing gaps in services available to Washington's LGBT community. Later…
ID Number:2019.69.15.1
Date:2000
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Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle Coronation 2008 brochure
The International Imperial Court System is one of the largest LGBTQ organizations in the world. Founded in San Francisco by gay-rights activist José Sarria in 1965, the system is comprised of local chapters, or courts, across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Most courts are known as empires and are headed by monarchs elected for one-year terms. The monarchs help the…
ID Number:2022.42.1.4.1
Date:2008
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Chicken Soup Brigade Newsletter: The Monthly for Volunteers and Clients, April 1989
The Chicken Soup Brigade (CSB) was founded in 1983 to provide assistance to people who were disabled by illness. With the escalation of the AIDS crisis, the group's focus soon shifted to providing services only to people with AIDS. Volunteers helped with transportation, medical appointments, meals, cleaning, and other everyday needs. The organization grew dramatically after hiring its first paid…
ID Number:2023.30.5
Date:1989
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Stunt card from Megan Rapinoe's last home game, October 6, 2023
Megan Rapinoe (b. 1985) is a former professional soccer player who played for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team Seattle OL Reign (originally Seattle Reign FC) for 10 years before retiring at the end of the 2023 season. Her last regular season home game, on October 6, 2023, featured a celebration called "Forever Reign: A Celebration of Megan Rapinoe"…
ID Number:2023.Rapinoe.1
Date:2023
Correspondence
Draft of letter from Evelyn Chapman to Washington legislators regarding Title I funding for the Northwest Center, May 26, 1969
Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.01
Date:1969