Bertha Knight Landes papers, 1895-1932

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Bertha Knight Landes papers, 1895-1932

1895-1932

http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv28884

Correspondence, reports, ephemera, clippings, photographs of a former mayor and city council member of Seattle, Washington

0.59 cubic feet (2 boxes)

eng, Latn

University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 11660533

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Landes, Bertha Knight, 1868-1943

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Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (October 19, 1868 – November 29, 1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily with women's organizations, she was elected to the Seattle City Council in 1922 and became council president in 1924. Born Bertha Ethel Knight in Ware, Massachusetts, she attended Dix Street School and Classical High School in Worcester, Massachusetts before moving to Bloomingt...