Nora B Adams
Nora B. Adams was an African American Seattle Public School principal who left more than $1 million in her estate to three of her major interests.
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L Jane Hastings
Architects around the world, and particularly women architects in Seattle and Washington, have long looked to L. Jane Hastings as an exemplar and professional leader, and often the first to achieve key professional aspirations.
Martha Nishitani
Martha Nishitani was a Seattle modern dance teacher and choreographer, and one of the leading proponents of modern dance in the Pacific Northwest.
Roberta Byrd Barr
Roberta Byrd Barr was an African American educator, civil rights leader, actor, librarian, and television personality.
Royal Alley-Barnes
An accomplished painter and muralist, her background in the arts framed her response to problems as varied as how to reduce youth violence, protect the environmental quality of the Mercer Island Slough, and improve the financial viability of Seattle city-owned arts facilities.
Dorothy Hollingsworth
Dorothy Hollingsworth was the first Black woman in Washington to serve on a school board.
Dr Ethel Schwartz Weinberg
1970: Dr. Ethel Weinberg organized and received American Medical Association approval for the first internship in acute care medicine. This later evolved into the specialty of emergency medicine.
Ada Mahon
Educator and highly regarded prewar principal of Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, which at the time had a majority Japanese American student body.
Clara Breed
Clara Estelle Breed was a children’s librarian in the San Diego Public Library system who supported the Japanese American community during World War II.
Dr Eleanor Gossard Shore
Dr. Eleanor Shore initiated the Fiftieth Anniversary Fellowship Program for Scholars in Medicine, to promote gender equality in career development and allow junior faculty to balance family life with their professional responsibilities without missing out on opportunities for advancement and promotion.