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Women Leaders of Ellensburg: Capturing the oral histories of those women who have lead in "Town, Gown and Farms"

Ellensburg is home to one of the oldest women's clubs in the state. Friday Club began in 1895 and is still a strong presence in the community. Considering this history, it has become apparent that Ellensburg is host to other active women’s clubs that are rich in rural history and provide a record of life of women in a community that has a strong record of academic, agricultural, and volunteer activities. This project intends to conduct, record, and publish oral histories of the women leaders of these groups who typify the rural experience of many of our foremothers. In addition, the archival materials that have been deposited in the library will be cataloged, preserved and prepared for digital publication.

Seattle General Hospital Nursery.

Three suffragists post signs advocating women's suffrage on the side of a low wood structure in Seattle. Asahel Curtis took this photogrpah for the Washington Equal Suffrage Association.

Ten raspberry pickers, all women, stand in a row at the edge of a raspberry field in Western Washington.

Three American Red Cross women wearing heavy coats and Red Cross caps, offer bottles of milk and doughnuts from baskets to rows of African American soldiers returning to Fort Lewis at the close of World War II. Photo by Turner Richards, Tacoma, WA.