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Ahead of the Curve Press

A Centennial Celebration of Suffrage: The Seattle Times Pacific NW magazine (August 11, 2019)

  • The Backstory: Washington women were a decade ahead of the curve 

  • The 19th Amendment: Democracy for some, but not all

  • Josephine Corliss Preston: educator, suffragist, politician

  • Dr. Mabel Seagrave: Living the Wellesley motto 

  • Elsie Parrish: A chambermaid clears the way for minimum wages

  • Stephanie Coontz: 'The Way We Never Were'

  • Trish Millines Dziko: 'You have it; you share it.'

  • Fawn Sharp: The voice of the Quinaults


State honors women who made history in Washington with new exhibit (KING 5)

New Exhibit in Olympia Showcases Iconic Women of Washington (South Sound Magazine)

Contemporary Women Featured in New Olympia Exhibit (The Seattle Lesbian)

Ahead of the Curve exhibit opens next week in Olympia (San Juan Insider)

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