Sarah-Ann Shaw

Boston’s first Black woman TV reporter, who led Civil Rights voter efforts, told neighborhood stories, and earned numerous accolades.

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Alma Reed

Many in Mexico revere Alma Reed, known as La Peregrina (“the Pilgrim”) for her sensitive journalism.

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Lucile S McDonald

Lucile Saunders McDonald distinguished herself in the fields of journalism and popular history through a prolific lifetime career that produced several thousand news features and columns, 13 published books on local history, an equal number of children’s books, and countless contributions to magazines, journals, and anthologies.

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Ella Ryan

One of the earliest African American business owners in Tacoma, Washington; owner and editor of The Forum, a weekly newspaper.

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Dorothy Stimson Bullitt

Dorothy Stimson Bullitt purchased a small Seattle radio station with almost no listeners in 1947. She expanded it into one of the finest broadcasting empires in the nation.

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