Dorothy Hollingsworth
Dorothy Hollingsworth was the first Black woman in Washington to serve on a school board.
Dorothy Hollingsworth was the first Black woman in Washington to serve on a school board.
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.
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.
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.
Educator and highly regarded prewar principal of Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, which at the time had a majority Japanese American student body.
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 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.
Harriet Bishop, best known as the founder of St. Paul’s first public and Sunday schools, was also a social reformer, land agent, and writer.
American educator, author, journalist, social reformer and suffragist
American suffragist known for her civic and philanthropic activities.