Women's City Club Records 1922-1973

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Women's City Club Records 1922-1973

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The Women's City Club Records comprise minutes, financial records, photographs, programs, reports, correspondence, six scrapbooks and other documents relating to the Women's City Club of Seattle, Washington.

4.76 cubic feet; 5 boxes

eng,

Museum of History & Industry Sophie Frye Bass Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6365248

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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...

Women's City Club (Seattle, Wash.)

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The Women's City Club of Seattle was organized in 1922 by former Seattle Mayor Bertha K. Landes. The club was originally known as “The Women's Civic League,” but the name changed to the Women's City Club in December 1923. The purpose of the club was to educate women about local, state, national and world politics, and in cooperation with other organizations, to work towards securing the welfare of the city and improving civic conditions. The club was non-partisan and did not endorse...