504 results for: Women's Rights
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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
Document
Draft of speech given by Evelyn J. Chapman to King County legislators, May 29, 1968
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:2024.14.1.04.02
Date:1968
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Don't Steal Our Thunder poster, 2006
In 2006, a group from Oklahoma City bought the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team. The new owners attempted to gain support for building a new stadium in Seattle for the team but when these efforts failed, they decided to move the Sonics to Oklahoma despite strong resistance in Seattle. This poster was produced by Save Our Sonics and Save Our Storm,…
ID Number:2024.48.58
Date:2006
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"We Got Game 2000" souvenir WNBA card, 2000
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.12.1
Date:2000
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Seattle Storm promotional card, 2010
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.34.1
Date:2010