Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist in radio and television, and she and her husband owned the community newspaper the Filipino Forum. She also served as Deputy Director of the Washington State Human Rights Commission before her work on the Seattle City Council.

In 1989, Sibonga ran unsuccessfully for Seattle mayor. This photo shows her blowing out birthday cake candles at a party at her campaign headquarters.

Caption source information: "City Council Candidate: Dolores Sibonga," by Keri Murakami, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 25, 2006.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.