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Marion Southard Weiss
When Marion Southard married Phillip Weiss in 1926, she gave up her career as a social worker in order to raise her children. Back then,...


Working for Change Without the Vote
A hundred years ago, women's roles in the public sphere often grew out of their experience as wives and mothers at home: women worked as...


Rainier Beach History Quilt
"We decided to make a quilt. It’s cool. It shows all kind of things that happened in history in this neighborhood. We learned to work...


Hidden Stream of Columbia City
In the spring of 2005, a group of fourth and fifth graders at Orca @ Columbia School researched the history of the stream that used to...


Looking Into Courtland Place
Urban Archaeology in the Rainier Valley An unusual crowd filled Courtland Place for five days in October 2002. This tiny street that runs...
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