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More historic county women
Members of the Red
Cross Motor Brigade pose in Volunteer Park.
Each had a telephone and her own car.
1917.
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"Rosies"
at the Boeing Company during World War II, when
women entered the labor market in dramatically
increased numbers, often in jobs traditionally
held by men. The women in the industrial work
force were sometimes called "Rosie the
Riveter."
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Chieko, son Milton
and Kuni Mukai on top of the island in their
garden in Vashon Island. (Photo collection of
Office of Cultural Resources).
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Miners, many of
whom were foreign born, gave generously to nuns
on begging tours. Mother Joseph (right) and the
Sisters of Providence canvassed mining areas in
King County.
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Workers at the
Snoqualmie Mill, when women did men's jobs,
during World War II. (Courtesy of Snoqualmie
Valley Historical Museum).
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In 1911, Kirkland
voters elected Carrie Shumway to the City
Council, the first woman in the state to hold
that office. (Seattle Public School
Archives).
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