It's Women's Day. Here are 20 important WA women you should know about

Don't call Seattle's Bertha Knight Landes a 'mayoress.' The first female mayor of a major U.S. city detested that term and spoke extensively about ...

March 8, 2023
11:32 PM

Don't call Seattle's Bertha Knight Landes a 'mayoress.' The first female mayor of a major U.S. city detested that term and spoke extensively about women's 'natural sphere' of politics as she encouraged others from atop her perch in Seattle government. Landes swept into the job in 1924, shut down speakeasies and fired the chief of police in her crusade against corruption. On this International Women's Day, it would be nearly impossible to list all of the women with Washington roots who changed our region and nation in powerful and surprising ways.

Seattle Times staff