Influential Women of Spokane: Building a Fair City

While known as the home of Father's Day, Spokane benefited from its share of trailblazing women. In 1886, Mother Joseph, a pioneering architect, constructed the first Sacred Heart Hospital. After fire destroyed thirty-six blocks in 1889, Anna Stratton Browne and her friends raised $10,000 to build a home for needy children that operated for six decades. And in early 1908, May Hutton became president of the Spokane Equal Suffrage League, persevering until 1910, when Washington voters gave women the vote. Historian Nancy Driscol Engle commemorates the unforgettable contributions of Spokane's women.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 09/25/2017
ISBN: 9781540226037
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d